Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia

Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia
SSJ
Serbo-Croatian: Савез синдиката Југославије,
Savez sindikata Jugoslavije
Slovene: Zveza sindikatov Jugoslavije
Macedonian: Сојуз на синдикати на Југославија
PredecessorUnited Federation of Workers' Unions of Yugoslavia
Formation25 January 1945
Dissolved1990
HeadquartersUšće Tower, Belgrade
Location
Membership6,150,000[1] (1984)

The Confederation of Trade Unions of Yugoslavia (SSJ) was a mass organization in SFR Yugoslavia that operated as both a centralized body of trade unions and a socio-political organ of the Yugoslav government. It existed as one of the most powerful organizations within the Socialist Alliance of Working People of Yugoslavia, the popular front of the ruling League of Communists. In addition to assisting in the implementation of the Party's domestic labor programs, the SSJ actively sent labor delegations abroad to other countries, with 190 such delegations having been sent in the year 1959 alone.[2] The organization maintained relations with both Western and Eastern labor unions and represented Yugoslavia at the International Labour Organization.[3]

The SSJ was dissolved and succeeded by numerous smaller organizations across the six Yugoslav republics shortly before the Yugoslav Wars in 1990:

Affiliates

Union Founded Left Reason left Membership (1954)[4] Membership (1965)[5] Membership (1990)[6]
Association of Barber and Wig Workers of Yugoslavia 1947 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Association of Domestic Auxiliary Staff of Yugoslavia 1947 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Association of Educators of Pre-School Institutions 735 N/A N/A
Association of Teachers of Special Schools 1952 1959 Merged 639 N/A N/A
Association of Teachers of Vocational Schools 1952 1959 Merged 4,485 N/A N/A
Association of University Teachers 1952 1959 Merged 1,982 N/A N/A
Catering and Tourism Workers' Union 1974 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 250,000
Chemistry and Non-Metallic Industry Workers' Union 1974 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 255,000
Commerce Workers' Union 1974 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 650,000
Communal Enterprise Workers' Union 1945 1955 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Craft Workers' Union 1947 1955 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Economic-Administrative and Technical Institutions Employees Union 1945 1946 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Education, Science and Culture Workers' Union 1978 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 430,000
Energy Workers' Union 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 180,000
Federation of Artists and Sculptors 535 N/A N/A
Federation of Associations of Pensioners 244,624 N/A N/A
Federation of Journalists 2,000 N/A N/A
Federation of Librarians 579 N/A N/A
Federation of Museum Societies 300 N/A N/A
Forestry and Wood Industry Workers' Union 1974 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 320,000
Health and Social Care Workers' Union 1974 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 421,000
Judicial and Administrative Institutions Employees Union of Yugoslavia 1945 1946 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Metal Production and Manufacturing Workers' Union 1974 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 980,000
Printing, Newspaper, Publishing and Information Workers' Union 1974 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 130,000
Public Utilities and Handicraft Workers' Union 1974 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 300,000
State Administration and Finance Workers' Union 1978 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 520,000
State Administrative and Judicial Institutions Employees Union 1946 1949 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Textile, Leather and Footwear Workers' Union 1974 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A N/A 480,000
Union of Administrative and Judicial Workers 1974 1978 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Agricultural, Food Processing and Tobacco Workers of Yugoslavia 1959 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A 373,000 525,000
Union of Agricultural Workers and Employees 1945 1959 Merged 84,792 N/A N/A
Union of Chemical Industry Workers 1945 1959 Merged 37,759 N/A N/A
Union of Communal and Craft Workers 1955 1963 Merged 131,986 N/A N/A
Union of Construction Workers of Yugoslavia 1945 1990 SSJ dissolved 155,410 387,000 680,000
Union of Cultural and Art Institution Workers 1951 1963 Merged 11,137 N/A N/A
Union of Educational and Scientific Workers of Yugoslavia 1945 1963 Merged 48,394 N/A N/A
Union of Financial Officials 1945 1949 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Food and Tobacco Workers 1945 1959 Merged 57,437 N/A N/A
Union of Industrial and Mining Workers 1963 1974 Split N/A 1,191,000 N/A
Union of Maritime Workers 1945 1959 Merged 9,591 N/A N/A
Union of Metal Workers 1945 1963 Merged 149,436 N/A N/A
Union of Metallurgical and Mining Workers 1955 1959 Merged 127,940 N/A N/A
Union of Metallurgical Workers and Employees 1950 1955 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Workers 1959 1963 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Mining Workers 1945 1955 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Monetary and Financial Workers 1974 1978 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Employees 1945 1959 Merged 21,432 N/A N/A
Union of Print and Paper Workers 1945 1963 Merged 20,369 N/A N/A
Union of Health Workers 1945 1963 Merged 62,435 N/A N/A
Union of Public Service Workers 1963 1974 Split N/A 516,000 N/A
Union of Railwaymen 1945 1959 Merged 112,186 N/A N/A
Union of Service Workers 1963 1974 Split N/A 499,000 N/A
Union of State Administration Employees 1949 1963 Merged 137,551 N/A N/A
Union of Textile and Leather Workers 1955 1963 Merged 108,283 N/A N/A
Union of Trade Workers 1945 1955 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Transport and Communications Workers of Yugoslavia 1959 1990 SSJ dissolved N/A 306,000 520,000
Union of Transport Workers 1945 1959 Merged 42,076 N/A N/A
Union of Wood Industry Workers 1945 1963 Merged 94,337 N/A N/A
Union of Workers and Employees of the Catering and Tourism Economy 1945 1955 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Workers and Employees of the Leather Processing Industry 1945 1955 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Workers and Employees of the Textile and Clothing Industry 1945 1955 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Workers and Employees of the Tobacco Industry 1945 1948 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Workers and Employees of Utility Companies and Institutions 1945 1955 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Workers in Culture, Arts, Radio and Television 1974 1978 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Workers in Education and Science 1974 1978 Merged N/A N/A N/A
Union of Workers in Trade, Catering and Tourism 1955 1963 Merged 132,916 N/A N/A

References

  1. ^ Directory of Yugoslav Officials. 1985. p. 141.
  2. ^ Zalar, Charles; United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary (1961). Yugoslav Communism: A Critical Study. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 232–234.
  3. ^ Country reports on economic policy and trade practices: report submitted to the Committee on Foreign Relations, Committee on Finance of the U.S. Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives by the Department of State, in accordance with Section 2202 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1989. p. 594.
  4. ^ Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe. Vol. 2. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1955. p. 30.1–30.11.
  5. ^ Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe. Vol. 2. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1965. p. 30.1–30.6.
  6. ^ The Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 1991. p. 3092.
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