The World Confederation of Teachers (WCT) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing teachers.

The federation originated in 1963, when the International Federation of Employees in Public Service (INFEDOP), an affiliate of what became the World Confederation of Labour (WCL), established a section for teachers, the International Trade Union Council of Teachers. In 1970, it became the "World Confederation of Teachers", and in 1973, it became independent of INFEDOP, affiliating directly to the WCL.

World Confederation of Teachers

By 1979, the federation claimed an affiliated membership of 1,000,000 workers. In 2006, the WCL merged into the new International Trade Union Confederation, and the WCT decided in March 2007 to merge into the Education International.

World Confederation of Teachers

General Secretaries

1970s: Coen Damen

1987: Roger Denis

1996: Gaston De La Haye

References

Education trade unions

Global union federations

Trade unions established in 1963

Trade unions disestablished in 2007

World Confederation of Teachers