Trade Union International of Metal and Engineering Workers

The Trade Union International of Workers in the Metal Industry was a trade union international affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions.

The TUI was founded at a conference in Turin, Italy in June 2, 1949 as the Trade Union International of the Metal and Engineering Industries. (Other sources say June 21.)

In 1998 the TUI merged with the Trade Unions International of Chemical, Oil and Allied Workers and the Trade Union International of Energy Workers to found the Trade Union International of Energy, Metal, Chemical, Oil and Allied Industries at a conference in Havana. In 2007 the latter reformed as the Trade Union International of Energy Workers. The metal and mining workers then formed the Trade Union International of Workers in the Mining, the Metallurgy and the Metal Industries.

The highest organ of the TUI was the International Trade Conference held every four years which elected an administrative committee and a secretariat. It also had specialized commissions on steel, shipbuilding, the automobile industry, mechanical and electro-electronic constr4uction as well as a Standing Committee on Peace and Disarmament.

In 1955 its address was reported as Seilerstaette 3, Vienna 1, Austria. It shared the address with the Trade Unions International of Miners Unions, the Trade Unions International of Transport Workers and the World Federation of Teachers Unions. By 1957 its headquarters were Janska 100, Prague 1, Czechoslovakia were it again shared the address with the TUIs of Transport Workers, Miners and Teachers By 1978 it moved to BP158 Moscow K9, Soviet Union, an address it would keep until at least 1991.

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