The International Federation of Trade Unions of Transport Workers (, FIOST) was an International Trade Federation affiliated to the World Confederation of Labour (WCL).

History

The federation was established in 1921 at a conference in Lucerne, as the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions of Railway, Tramway and Other Transport Workers. In 1955, it renamed itself as the International Federation of Christian Trade Unions of Transport Workers, and then in 1970 it dropped "Christian", to assume its final name.

International Federation of Trade Unions of Transport Workers

In 2006, the WCL merged into the new International Trade Union Confederation, and FIOST dissolved, its former affiliates mostly joining the International Transport Workers' Federation.

International Federation of Trade Unions of Transport Workers

The federation had four sections, covering aviation, railways, waterways, and road transport.

International Federation of Trade Unions of Transport Workers

Leadership

General Secretaries

1921: H. F. Timmermans

1940s: Vaassen

Jan van der Elst

1980s: Alfred Gosselin

Freddy Pools

Presidents

1921: F. L. D. Nivard

1940s: de Clerq

1950s: A. Meeuwissen

Benoit de Smet

1980s: John Janssens

Michel Bovy

References

Transportation trade unions

World Confederation of Labour

Trade unions established in 1921

Trade unions disestablished in 2006