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[[File:ICPS_Trade_Union_Logo.jpg|thumb|Logo of the ICPS]]
The '''Trade Unions International of Chemical, Oil and Allied Workers''' was a [[trade union international]] affiliated with the [[World Federation of Trade Unions]]. It was often known by its French initials, ICPS (Union Internationale des Syndicats des Industries, Chimiques, du Petroles et Similares).
== History ==
The Union was established at a conference in [[Budapest]], [[People's Republic of Hungary|Hungary]] in March 1950 as the Trade Unions International of Chemical and Allied Workers. It changed its name in 1954 when it expanded its scope to include [[Oil industry|oil workers]]. It also represented workers in the [[glassware]], [[paper industry|paper]] and  [[ceramic]] industries.<ref>''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100074996 Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions]'' Washington [[Office of International Labor Affairs]], December 1958 p.52</ref>
In 1998 a Conference was held in [[Havana]] which merged [[Trade Unions International of Miners|Trade Unions International of Energy Workers]] (formerly known as the Trade Unions International of Miners) and [[Trade Union International of Metal and Engineering Workers]] to form the Trade Union International of Energy, Metal, Chemical, Oil and Allied Industries. This organization was reorganized again as the [[Trade Union International of Energy Workers (2007)|Trade Unions International of Energy Workers]] in 2007. This left the metal workers an opportunity create a new TUI the next year, [[Trade Union International of Workers in the Mining, the Metallurgy and the Metal Industries]].<ref name="Project for Articles of Association">[http://www.tuimm.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ESTATUTUAK.pdf Project for Articles of Association] p.16</ref><ref name="London p.342">''[[Europa World Year Book]]'' London; Taylor & Francis, 2004 p.342</ref>
== Organization ==
The TUI was governed by an international trade conference held every four years. The Conference drew up the groups program, made policy decisions and elected an administrative committee. The latter consisted of 25 members drawn from 20 countries and met once a year. The bureau, composed of the TUI president, vice-presidents, general secretary and secretaries met to ensure the fulfillment of the administrative committees decisions and a permanent secretariat oversaw day-to-day operations.<ref>[[A. Percy Coldrick|Coldrick, A. Percy]] and [[Philip James Jones|Jones, Philip]]. ''The international directory of the trade union movement'' New York : Facts on File, [1978] p.179</ref> Industrial Commissions were also set up to deal with specific issues. In 1978 there commissions on oil ([[drilling]], [[refining]], [[oil pipelines]], [[distribution (business)|distribution]]), chemicals-pharmaceuticals, [[paper board]], [[pulp (paper)|pulp]], [[cellulose]], [[rubber]], glass and ceramics.<ref>Coldrick and Jones p.194</ref>
In 1955 its headquarters were reported to be in [[Bucharest]], [[People's Republic of Romania|Romania]].<ref>''[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100074996 Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions]'' Washington [[Office of International Labor Affairs]], June 1955 p.49</ref> In 1958 its headquarters was reported to be at 17 [[Sztalin ter]], [[Budapest]] [[Districts of Budapest|VI]], [[People's Republic of Hungary|Hungary]].<ref>''Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions'' 1958 p.52</ref> From 1978 to 1989 it was reported to be at 1415 Budapest, sometimes given the street name [[Benczur ut]] 45.<ref>''[https://archive.org/details/dudeman5685_yahoo_WFTU The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985. ]'' Prague; Published by the WTFU in cooperation with PRACE Czechoslovak Trade Unions 1985 p.150</ref><ref>[[John Coggins|Coggins, John]] ''Trade unions of the world 1989-1990'' Harlow : Longman, 1989 2nd ed. p.451</ref> In 1991 it was reported at EM26, H 1097.<ref>[[Martin Upham|Upham, Martin]] ''Trade unions of the world, 1992-1993.'' Harlow, Essex, U.K. : Longman; Detroit, Mich. : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. and Canada by Gale Research Inc., 1991 p.558</ref>
== Membership ==
In 1958 the ICPS claimed membership in 25 countries.<ref>''Directory of World Federation of Trade Unions]'' December 1958 p.52</ref> In 1976 it claimed 7 million members in 59 affiliated unions in 37 countries.<ref>Coldrick and Jones p.178</ref> In 1985 it claimed 13 million members in 100 affiliate in 50 countries.<ref>Coldrick and Jones p.180</ref><ref>''The World Federation of Trade Unions, 1945-1985'' p.150</ref>
In 1975 the following unions were affiliated with ICPS:<ref>Coldrick and Jones p.181</ref>
*{{flag|Albania|1946}} - [[Conseil Central des Unions Professionelles]]
*{{flag|Argentina}} - [[Federacion Argentina de Trabajadores de la Industia Quimicas y Afines]]
*{{flag|Austria}} - [[Fraktion Gewerkschaftlicher Linksblock in der Gewerkschaft der Chemiearbeiter]]
*{{flag|Benin|1975}} - [[Syndicat National de Travailleurs des Industries Alimentaires et Chimiques, Hotels-Bar, Cafes-Restaurants]]
*{{flag|Bulgaria|1967}} -  [[Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Industrie Chimique]]
*{{flag|Bulgaria|1967}} -  [[Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Industrie Legare]]
*{{flag|Chile}} - [[Sindicato Unico Nacional de Trabajadores de Quimica y Fammaceutica y Ramos Afines]]
*{{flag|Chile}} - [[Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores del Plastico]]
*{{flag|China}} -  [[Oil Workers' Union]]
*{{flag|China}} -  [[Trade Union of Workers in Heavy Industry]]
*{{flag|Colombia}} - [[Federación de los Trabajadores de Petrole]]
*{{flag|Congo|1970}} - [[Fédération des Travailleurs des Mines, Petrol, Energie et Assimiles]]
*{{flag|Cuba}} - [[Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Industria Basicos]]
*{{flag|Cuba}} - [[Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Petrole]]
*{{flag|Czechoslovakia}} - [[Federation of Chemical, Paper, Glass and Printing Workers]]
*{{flag|Ecuador}} - [[Federación Nacional de Trabajadores del Petrole]]
*{{flag|France}} - [[National Federation of Chemical Industries]], [[CGT (France)|CGT]]
*{{flag|France}} - [[Fédération des Travailleurs des Industries Papetiers]], CGT
*{{flag|France}} - [[Fédération Nationale des Travailleurs du Verre]], CGT
*{{flag|France}} - [[Fédération Nationale des Travailleurs de la Ceramique]]
*{{flag|East Germany}} - [[Industrial Union of Chemicals, Glass and Ceramics]]
*{{flag|East Germany}} - [[Industrial Union of Printing and Paper]]
*{{flag|Ghana}} - [[General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers' Union]]
*{{flag|Hungary|1957}} - [[Chemical Workers' Union (Hungary)|Chemical Workers' Union]]
*{{flag|Hungary|1957}} - [[Printing, Paper and Press Workers Unions]]
*{{flag|Hungary|1957}} - [[Building and Building Materials Industry Workers Union]]
*{{flag|India}} - [[All India Pharmaceutical Employees' Union]]
*{{flag|India}} - [[All India Chemical and Pharmaceutical Employees' Federation]]
*{{flag|India}} - [[All India Indian Oxygen and Acetyne Employees' Federation]]
*{{flag|India}} - [[Oil and Natural Gas Commission Karamchari Union]]
*{{flag|India}} - [[Antibiotics Project Karamchari Sangh]]
*{{flag|Indonesia}} - [[Oil Workers' Union]] (PERBUM)
*{{flag|Iraq|1963}} - [[General Trade Union of Oil Industry, Minerals and Chemical Workers]]
*{{flag|Italy}} - [[Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Poligraficie Cartai]]
*{{flag|Jordan}} - [[General Federation of Jordanian Trade Unions]]
*{{flag|Kenya}} - [[Kenya Petroleum Oil Workers Union]]
*{{flag|North Korea}} - [[Trade Union of Chemical Industry Workers]]
*{{flag|Kuwait}} - [[Workers' and Employees' Petroleum Trade Union]]
*{{flag|Madagascar}} - [[Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Petrole, du Livre Papier et du Artes Graphiques]]
*{{flag|Nigeria}} - [[Gulf Oil Company (Nigeria) Employees and General Workers Union]]
*{{flag|Peru}} - [[Federación de Trabajadores de la Industia de Plasticos y Afines]]
*{{flag|Poland}} - [[Federation of Chemical Workers Unions]]
*{{flag|Poland}} - [[Union des Syndicats de l'Industry du Bois (Papier Carton)]]
*{{flag|Pakistan}}-[[All Pakistan Oil and Gas Employees Federation (APOGEF)]]
*{{flag|Romania|1965}} - [[Federation of Chemical Workers Unions]]
*{{flag|Soviet Union}} - [[Oil, Chemical and Gas Workers Union]]
*{{flag|Soviet Union}} - [[Building and Building Materials Workers Union]]
*{{flag|Soviet Union}} - [[Timber, Paper and Wood Workers Union]]
*{{flag|Soviet Union}} - [[Public Health Workers Union]]
*{{flag|Sri Lanka}} - [[Lanka Petroleum Employees' Union]]
*{{flag|Sri Lanka}} - [[Ceylon State Corporation Employees' Union]]
*{{flag|Sudan}} - [[Federation of Petroleum Workers]]
*{{flag|Syria}} - [[Professional Federation of Petroleum, Electricity and]]
*{{flag|Uruguay}} - [[Federación ANCAP]]
*{{flag|Uruguay}} - [[Federación Obrera de la Industria del Vidrio]]
*{{flag|Venezuela}} - [[Glass Workers Federation]]
*{{flag|Vietnam}} - [[National Union of Chemical Workers]]
*{{flag|South Yemen}} - [[General Union of Petroleum Workers]]
== Publications ==
The Union published an ''Information Bulletin'' and ''Information Sheet''.<ref>Coldrick and Jones p.180</ref>
==Leadership==
===General Secretaries===
:1950: Ferenc Bozsoki
:1959: Georges Vanhaute
:1967: Pal Forgacs
:c.1980: Alain Covet
===Presidents===
:1950: Bianchi
:1950s: [[Luciano Lama]]
:c.1960: Laszlo Gal
:Ferenc Dajka
== References ==
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[[Category:1950 establishments in Hungary]]
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[[Category:Petroleum organizations]]
[[Category:Chemical industry trade unions]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Budapest]]
[[Category:Ceramics and pottery trade unions]]
[[Category:Glass trade unions]]
[[Category:TUI of Energy, Metal, Chemical, Oil and Allied Industries]]
[[Category:Defunct transnational trade unions]]