of Trade and Industrial Unions (the " Red " Trade Union
International) was found to act, in its own words, as a "militant
international committee for the reorganization of the trade union
movement." Its headquarters in 1921 were at Moscow and it
was dominated by the ideals and influence of the Russian
Communist party. It would only accept as members trade
unions or minorities of trade unions which it recognized as
revolutionary bodies. Besides these two general groupings, there
were in 1921 a number of international federations of workers in
different trades, of ever varying membership and importance.
A list of these, with their membership, where known, and headquarters, is given in the table on page 744.
A table is also given showing comprehensively the membership of trade unions in different countries after the war. This table does not take into account some minor associations and trade unions which are not for various reasons affiliated to any of the important central bodies. Nor does it include overlapping membership, e.g. in Great Britain the General Federation of Trade Unions, whose members are also affiliated to the Trades Union Congress. In such countries as Brazil, Armenia, Lithuania, Turkey, Ukraine, China, the state of organization is not sufficient to include them. In some countries which have been included the figures of membership given are approximate only. This is naturally the case where trade unionism is subject to severe repression, or where a particular organization, such as the Industrial Workers of the World in the United States, has come under the ban of the executive.
Membership of Trade Unions (Continued).
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Membership
Central Organization
No. of Trade Unionists
of Internaional Feder-
Affiliated
ation July
1921
Holland (continued)
General Trade Union Federation (non-
.political) .
SO.OOO
Hungary (1920) .
Iceland . Ireland (1920)
Jngarlandischer Gewerkschaftsrat "our Trade Unions rish Trades Union
2I5,OOO
Not
152,441 cnown
Congress and Labour
Party ....
300,000
Membership of Ulster
Italy (1920) .
Unions . . Confederazione Gene-
4OjOoo
rale del Lavoro.
2,000,000
2,055,773
Jnione Sindacale Italiana ....
150,000
jeneral secretariat 01 Professional Unions
(Catholic) .
100,000
Latvia .
....
25,000
30,000
Luxemburg (1920) Norway (1920)
Commission Syndicale de Luxembourg National Trade Union
27,000
27,000
Federation
150,000
150,000
Poland (1920) Portugal (1919) .
Rumania (1920) .
Trade Union Congress ^onfederajao General do Trabalho Trade Union Wing of
948,000
100,000
403,138
Social - Democratic
Labour Party .
200,000
Membership of Trade Unions in Different Countries after the War.
Russia (1920)
All-Russian Congress
of Trade Unions
5,222,000
^o. of Trade
Membership
Spain (1920)
Zonfederacion General
Central Organization.
Unionists
ional Feder-
del Trabajo
800,000
240,113
Affiliated
ation July
Jnion General de Trabajadores .
300,000
Sweden (1920)
National Federation of
EUROPE:
Trade Unions .
280,987
277,242
Austria (1919)
Trade Union Commis-
Switzerland (1920)
federation of Trade
sion ....
928,146
I,OOO,OOO
Unions
225,000
223,558
Belgium (1920) .
industrial Branch of
Yugoslavia (1920)
"entraluo Radmitchko
Parti Ouvrier Beige.
670,000
718,410
Sindikalno Vetche .
250,000
25,000
Bulgaria (1920) .
General Federation of
AMERICA:
Trade Unions (Social
United States
Democratic)
28,OOO
4,000
(1920)
American Federation
Czechoslovakia
of Labor .
4,079,740
f t
(1920)
"ederation of Czecho-
Industrial Workers of
slovakia Trade Uni-
the World (1919) .
about
ons ....
352,000
740,000
70,000
federation of German
Canada (1919)
Dominion Trades and
Trade Unions .
360,000
g ,
Labour Congress
173,463
26O,OOO
Denmark (1919) .
federation of Trade
Total Trade Unionists
Unions
277,392
279-255
in Canada .
378,047
. .
Association of Free
' One Big Union "
Trade Unions (Syn-
(1920) about
40,000
dicalist)
8o,OOO
Argentina (1920) .
Federacion Obrera Re-
Esthonia (1919) .
Trade Union Congress
3O,OOO
gional Argentina
70,000
749,518
Finland (1920) .
Trade Union Federa-
Other Unions and Fed-
tion ....
55,000
erations
40,000
. .
France (1920)
Confederation Gn6-
Chile (1920) .
No Central Authority.
C.2O,OOO
1
rale du Travail .
1,500,000
1,500,000
Mexico (1921)
Regional Confederation
- Germany (1919) .
Allgemeiner Deutscher
8,000,000
of Labour .
C.SOO.OOQ
Gewerkschaftsbund .
7,338,132
Syndicalist and Com-
Hirsch-Duncker Trade
munist Federation .
. .
r f
Unions . . .
102,108
Peru
Federation of Artizans
Federatipn of German
and General Federa-
Trade Associations .
1,700,000
tion of Workers
C.25,000
25,000
I ndependent Unions
ASIA:
(1918)
214,360
India
Indian Trades Union
i
Alliance of Clerical anc
Congress .
unknown
. .
Technical Employees (1018).
270,000
Japan
Japanese Federation of Trade Unions
unknown
Great Britain
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Federation of Trade
(1920)
Trade Union Congress
6,505,482
6,600,000
Unions of Western
Greece (1920)
General Confederation
Japan.
unknown
. .
of Labour .
60,000
170,000
AFRICA:
Holland (1920)
Federation of Trade
South Africa
Unions
250,000
216,581
(1920)
South African Indus-
National Labour Sec-
trial Federation
60,000
6o,OOO
retariat (Syndica-
'AUSTRALASIA-.
list) . .
50,000
Australia (1919) .
No Central Body.
627,685
Christian Trade Unior
New Zealand
Federation .
70,000
(1920) .
New Zealand Workers
Roman Catholic Trade
Union and Alliance
Union Bureau .
150,000
of Workers
82,553
