Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International
# Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International

The Postal, Telegraph and Telephone International (PTTI) was a global union federation bringing together unions of communications workers worldwide.

## History

While a meeting of unions of communication workers was held in Paris in 1911, no lasting organisation was established until 1920, when the PTTI was founded at a meeting in Milan. Initially, the federation consisted entirely of European unions, but after World War II, it expanded worldwide, and by 1994 had four million members.

By 1997, new forms of communication had grown in importance, and the federation renamed itself as the Communications International. At the end of 1999, it merged with the International Federation of Commercial, Clerical, Professional and Technical Employees, the International Graphical Federation, and the Media and Entertainment International, to form Union Network International.

## Affiliates

In 1998, the following unions were affiliated:

| Union | Country | Affiliated membership |
| - | - | - |
| AbvaKabo | Netherlands | 25481 |
| All Ceylon Telecom Services Union | Sri Lanka | 1817 |
| All Japan Postal Labour Union | Japan | 75000 |
| All Pakistan RMS Employees Union (Central) | Pakistan | 2000 |
| American Postal Workers Union | United States | 244000 |
| Antigua Workers' Union | Antigua | 500 |
| Asociación Salvadoreña de Trabajadores de la Administración Nacional de Telecomunicaciones | El Salvador | 1000 |
| Bahamas Communications & Public Officers' Union | Bahamas | 1123 |
| Bahamas Communications and Public Managers Union | Bahamas | 258 |
| Bahamas Public Services Union | Bahamas | 400 |
| Bangladesh Post Office Union | Bangladesh | 2000 |
| Bangladesh Postmen and Lower Grade Staff Union | Bangladesh | 30000 |
| Bangladesh T&T Employees' & Workers' Ideal Federal Union | Bangladesh | 5328 |
| Bangladesh Telezogazoge Sramik Karmachari Parishad | Bangladesh | 7968 |
| Barbados Workers' Union | Barbados | 1200 |
| Belize Telecommunication Workers Union | Belize | 209 |
| Bermuda Industrial Union | Bermuda | 298 |
| Bermuda Public Services Association | Bermuda | 331 |
| Botswana Postal Services Workers' Union | Botswana | 379 |
| Botswana Telecommunications Employees Union | Botswana | 907 |
| Buklod ng Manggagawa sa RCPI National Federation of Labour | Philippines | 1040 |
| Cable & Wireless (HK) Ltd Staff Association | Hong Kong | 1027 |
| Canadian Union of Postal Workers | Canada | 44890 |
| Centrale Générale des Services Publics Secteur Postes | Belgium | 14940 |
| Centrale Générale des Services Publics Secteur Télécom | Belgium | 8600 |
| Chinese Federation of Postal Workers | Taiwan | 26814 |
| Chinese Telecommunication Workers' Union | Taiwan | 17500 |
| Civil and Public Services Union | Ireland | 1700 |
| Clerical and Commercial Workers' Union | Guyana | 100 |
| Comité Nacional Unico de Telecomunicaciones del Ecuador | Ecuador | 3000 |
| Commercial, Technical & Allied Workers' Union | St Vincent | 220 |
| Communication & Public Sector Union | Australia | 13802 |
| Communication and Transport Workers Union | Tanzania | 6500 |
| Communications, Electrical and Plumbing Union of Australia | Australia | 68640 |
| Communication Managers' Association | United Kingdom | 13999 |
| Communication Managers' Union | Ireland | 1025 |
| Communication Workers of the Philippines | Philippines | 15300 |
| Communication Workers' Union | Ireland | 16100 |
| Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada | Canada | 22290 |
| Communications Workers of America | United States | 400000 |
| Communication Workers Union | South Africa | 40000 |
| Communication Workers Union | Trinidad and Tobago | 1785 |
| Communication Workers Union | United Kingdom | 274820 |
| Communications Workers' Union | Ghana | 5000 |
| Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores en Radio y TV de Bolivia | Bolivia | 1100 |
| Cyprus-Turkish Telecommunications Employees Union | Cyprus | 275 |
| Danish General Workers' Union | Denmark | 6309 |
| Dansk Post- og Giroforening | Denmark | 5199 |
| Danish Postal Union | Denmark | 11764 |
| Eastern Telecom Employees Union | Philippines | Unknown |
| EBS Werknemers Organisatie " OWOS" | Surinam | 500 |
| Estonian Post and Telecommunciations Workers Trade Union | Estonia | 4642 |
| Facket för Service och Kommunikation | Sweden | 58520 |
| Federação Interestadual dos Empregados da Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos e Similares de Comunicaçôes dos Estados de São Paulo, Minas Gerais e Bahia | Brazil | 630 |
| Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Empresas de Radiodifusão e Televisão | Brazil | 15000 |
| Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Empresas de Telecomunicações e Operadores de Mesas Telefonicas | Brazil | 5400 |
| Federación Argentina de Trabajadores de Luz y Fuerza | Argentina | 32000 |
| Federación de Comunicación y Transporte | Spain | 10224 |
| Federación de Obreros y Empleados de Correos y Telecomunicaciones | Argentina | 25000 |
| Federación de Obreros y Especialistas y Empleados de los Servicios e Industria de las Telecomunicaciones | Argentina | 23000 |
| Federacion de Trabajadores de Comunicaciones Eléctricas y Afines de Panama | Panama | 1300 |
| Federación de Trabajadores de la cpt-Telefonica del Peru | Peru | 1500 |
| Federación de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones de Venezuela | Venezuela | 13000 |
| Federación de Trabajadores Telefonicos de Cuba en el Exilio | Cuba | 1605 |
| Federación Enrique Schmidt Cuadra | Nicaragua | 2000 |
| Federación Nacional de Empleados de Comunicaciones Eléctrico-Postales | Costa Rica | 3486 |
| Federación Nacional de Empleados y Trabajadores Postales del Ecuador | Ecuador | 750 |
| Federación Nacional de Sindicatos de la Compañía de Teléfonos de Chile | Chile | 5100 |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de AASANA | Bolivia | 1000 |
| Federacion Nacional de Trabajadores de Electricidad del Perú | Peru | 800 |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Luz, Fuerza y Telefonos | Bolivia | 1000 |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores de Radio, Teatro, Cine y Televisión y Afines de Venezuela | Venezuela | 2943 |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Eléctricos y Afines de Chile | Chile | 3200 |
| Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Postales de Bolivia | Bolivia | 1200 |
| Federación Sindical de Trabajadores de la Empresa ENTEL Bolivia | Bolivia | 1800 |
| Federacion Uruguaya de Funcionarios Postales | Uruguay | 800 |
| Fédération Démocratique Unifiée des Travailleurs des PTT - CFDT | France | 41790 |
| Fédération des Employés des Postes Helléniques | Greece | 7000 |
| Fédération des PTT "Podkrepa" | Bulgaria | 2000 |
| Fédération des Syndicats de la "Poste Roumaine" | Romania | 10500 |
| Fédération des Syndicats Rom Télécom | Romania | 18000 |
| Fédération Nationale des Postes et Télécommunications | Mauritania | 400 |
| Fédération Nationale des Postes et Télécommunications - UMT | Morocco | 8000 |
| Federation of National Postal Organisations | India | 125000 |
| Federation of National Telecommunications Organisations | India | 100000 |
| Federation of Semi-Government Employees | Cyprus | 850 |
| Federation of Telecommunications, Electronic Information and Allied Workers | Japan | 30000 |
| Federation of Workers in Greek Telecommunications | Greece | 20007 |
| Fédération syndicale nationale des PTT | Guinea | 1000 |
| Fédération Syndicaliste des Facteurs des Postes et Télécommunications du Grand-Duché du Luxembourg | Luxemburg | 1225 |
| Federazione Italiana Sindacati Telecomunicazioni | Italy | 10000 |
| Félag Islanzkra Simamanna | Iceland | 854 |
| FETRA-TV | Chile | 1500 |
| Fiji Post and Telecoms Employees Association | Fiji | 1144 |
| Fiji Public Service Association | Fiji | 200 |
| Free Pancyprian Organisation of Telecommunications Employees | Cyprus | 1800 |
| General Trade Union of Communication Workers | Egypt | 60000 |
| General Trade Union of Postal Workers | Egypt | 2500 |
| General Trade Union of PTT Workers | Sudan | 8818 |
| General Workers' Union | Malta | 1690 |
| German Postal Union | Germany | 479418 |
| Ghana Electronic Servicing Technicians Association | Ghana | 1200 |
| Government Servants' Association | Mauritius | 700 |
| Grenada Technical & Allied Workers' Union | Grenada | 316 |
| Guyana Public Service Union | Guyana | 580 |
| Haber-is Sendikasi | Turkey | 4500 |
| Handels- og Kontorfunktionaerernes Forbund i Danmark | Denmark | 1585 |
| Hong Kong Telephone Co. Ltd Staff Association | Hong Kong | 2401 |
| Hungarian Union of Telecommunications Sector | Hungary | 8613 |
| Italian Union of Postal Workers | Italy | 13000 |
| Italian Union of Communication Workers | Italy | 5300 |
| Japan Postal Workers' Union | Japan | 150000 |
| Japan Telecommunications Workers' Union | Japan | 208000 |
| Kokusai Denshin Denwa Workers' Union | Japan | 3900 |
| Kommunikasjons- og Teletilsattes Landsforbund | Norway | 2515 |
| Korean Communications Workers' Union | South Korea | 26804 |
| Korean Federation of Communications Trade Unions | South Korea | 2950 |
| Korean Telecommunications Trade Union | South Korea | 45000 |
| Lithuanian Communication Workers Trade Union | Lithuania | 9200 |
| Metalworkers' Union | Finland | 2100 |
| Mongolian Postal Workers Union | Mongolia | 350 |
| Montserrat Allied Workers' Union | Montserrat | 221 |
| National Association of Letter Carriers | United States | 200000 |
| National Organisation of Postal Employees | Pakistan | 12000 |
| National Postal Mail Handlers Union | United States | 47450 |
| National Union of Communication Workers | Zambia | 5000 |
| National Union of Government Employees, PTT Section | Israel | 10000 |
| National Union of P & T Employees | Nigeria | 20000 |
| National Union of Public Workers | Barbados | 250 |
| National Union of Telecoms Employees | Malaysia | 12000 |
| Nepal Telecommunication Corporation Workers Union | Nepal | 2208 |
| Norwegian Post Organisation | Norway | 11274 |
| Norwegian Telecommunication and Data Workers' Union | Norway | 10587 |
| Norwegian Union of Postmen | Norway | 12865 |
| NZ Engineering Printing and Manufacturing Union | New Zealand | 5000 |
| Oversesas Telecoms Employees Union | Sri Lanka | 190 |
| Pakistan Telecommunication Staff Union | Pakistan | 6000 |
| Pakistan Telecommunication Union | Pakistan | 4563 |
| Papua New Guinea Post and Telecommunication Workers Union | New Guinea | 1600 |
| Personalverband der Bundesverwaltung | Switzerland | 1390 |
| Philcom Employees Union | Philippines | 171 |
| Pos Malaysia Berhad Clerical Staff Union, Sarawak | Malaysia | 260 |
| Post and Telecommunication Workers Trade Union | Latvia | 11300 |
| Post Office Administrative Staff Association | Mauritius | 60 |
| Postal Employees Union of the Philippines | Philippines | 250 |
| Postal Officers' Union | Finland | 5437 |
| Postal Trade Union | Hungary | 24300 |
| Postal Union | Finland | 19133 |
| Postal Workers' Association | Philippines | 5000 |
| Póstmannafélag Islands | Iceland | 1002 |
| Precision Electrical and Related Equipment Senior Staff Association | Nigeria | 404 |
| Public Employees Association of Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea | 884 |
| Public Service Association of Western Samoa | Western Samoa | 116 |
| Public Service Executive Union | Ireland | 600 |
| Public Service Union of Belize | Belize | 90 |
| Radio Nepal Employees Association | Nepal | 272 |
| Schweizerischer Posthalterverband | Switzerland | 2484 |
| Sekretariat Lacznosci - Solidarnosc | Poland | 19000 |
| Senior Staff Association of Statutory Corporations and Government-Owned Companies | Nigeria | 5020 |
| Sierra Leone Postal Services Ltd. Senior Staff Association | Sierra Leone | 45 |
| Sierra Leone Union of Postal & Telecommunications Employees | Sierra Leone | 1300 |
| Communication Workers' Union | Italy | 25500 |
| Union of Postal Workers | Italy | 60000 |
| Sindicato Argentino de Televisión | Argentina | 3616 |
| Sindicato de Correos, Telégrafos y Caja Postal | Spain | 11000 |
| Sindicato de Funcionarios Postales del Paraguay | Paraguay | 435 |
| Sindicato de la Industria Eléctrica de El Salvador | El Salvador | 562 |
| Sindicato de Luz y Fuerza de la República de Guatemala | Guatemala | 800 |
| Sindicato de Telefonistas de la República Mexicana | Mexico | 44000 |
| Sindicato de Teléfonos - UGT | Spain | 14225 |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores de Correos | Guatemala | 1200 |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Administración Nacional de Electricidad | Paraguay | 400 |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Empresa Guatemalteca de Telecomunicaciones | Guatemala | 1000 |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones | Paraguay | 2700 |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores de Telecomunicaciones de Honduras | Honduras | 3000 |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores del Instituto de Recursos Hidraúlicos y Electrificación | Panama | 3700 |
| Sindicato de Trabajadores del Servicio Postal de Honduras | Honduras | 700 |
| Sindicato Democratico dos Trabalhadores das Telecomunicaçôes e Correios | Portugal | 6037 |
| Sindicato dos Correios e Telecomunicações de São Tomé e Príncipe | São Tomé and Principe | 131 |
| Sindicato dos Electricitarios de Sao Paulo | Brazil | 25000 |
| Sindicato dos Trabalhadores de aviacao Civil, Correios e Comunicacoes | Mozambique | 257 |
| Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Empresas de Telecomunicações e Operadores de Mesas Telefónicas no Estado de São Paulo | Brazil | 9736 |
| Sindicato dos Transportes Comunicações e Turismo | Cape Verde | 442 |
| Sindicato Interempresa Nacional de Trabajadores de ENDESA y filiales | Chile | 2560 |
| Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de de la Radio y la Televisión | Paraguay | 1250 |
| Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores de la Empresa de Correos de Chile | Chile | 4089 |
| Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores del Servicio Postal Mexicano | Mexico | 5100 |
| Sindicato Nacional de Trabajadores Postales SINTRAPOSTAL | Colombia | 2300 |
| Sindicato Nacional dos Trabalhadores das Telecomunicaçoes e audiovisual | Portugal | 7490 |
| Sindicato Nacional dos Trabalhadores dos Transportes e Comunicações | Guinea-Bissau | 436 |
| Sindicato Nacional Interempresa de la Empresa Telex-Chile y Filiales | Chile | 1150 |
| Sindicato Unico de Trabajadores de la Compania Peruana de Radiodifusion | Peru | 200 |
| Sindikata e e Punonjesve Poste-Telecom | Albania | 2017 |
| Sindikato di Trahadonan den Telekomunikashon di Korsou | Curacao | 410 |
| Sociedad Unión de Carteros y Empleados Postales de El Salvador | El Salvador | 70 |
| Society of Telecom Executives | United Kingdom | 17430 |
| Solidaridad de Trabajadores Vascos | Spain | 500 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines Public Service Union | St Vincent | 46 |
| Statstjänstemannaförbundet | Sweden | 10050 |
| Steel and Engineering Workers' Union of Nigeria | Nigeria | 1500 |
| Svenska Industritjänstemannaförbundet | Sweden | 11236 |
| Swaziland P&T Workers' Union | Swaziland | 568 |
| Swedish Federation of Lawyers, Social Scientists & Economists | Sweden | 1100 |
| Syndicat Autonome des Postes | Central African Republic | 727 |
| Syndicat Autonome du Personnel de la SOCATEL | Central African Republic | 550 |
| Syndicat des Agents des Postes | Rwanda | 300 |
| Syndicat des Agents des Télécommunications | Rwanda | 600 |
| Syndicat des P & T | Luxemburg | 995 |
| Syndicat des Télécommunications du Sénégal | Senegal | 1004 |
| Syndicat des Travailleurs de l'Audio-Visuel du Bénin | Benin | 300 |
| Syndicat des Travailleurs des Postes et Télécommunications | Burundi | 750 |
| Syndicat libre des Travailleurs des Secteurs des Postes et Télécommunications du Congo | Republic of the Congo | 800 |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télecommunications | Côte d'Ivoire | 2298 |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications | Mauritania | 400 |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications | Burkina Faso | 700 |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications | Gabon | 1500 |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications | Benin | 1540 |
| Syndicat National des Postes et Télécommunications et TIM | Mali | 1926 |
| Syndicat National des Postes, Télécommunications et des Télécommunications Internationales | Chad | 500 |
| Syndicat National des Télécommunications | Chad | 300 |
| Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Postes et des Télécommunications | Senegal | 2800 |
| Syndicat National des Travailleurs des Postes et Télécommunications du Niger | Niger | 490 |
| Telecommunication Officers' Union | Sri Lanka | 700 |
| Telecommunication Workers' Union | Mauritius | 517 |
| Telecommunications Employees' Association | Fiji | 219 |
| Telecommunications Workers Union | Canada | 10695 |
| Telegraaf en Telefoon Werknemers Organisatie Suriname | Surinam | 1050 |
| Telecommunications Union | Denmark | 11477 |
| Telephone Organisation of Thailand State Enterprise Employees Association | Thailand | 9545 |
| Telephone Shilpa Sangstha Workers and Employees Union | Bangladesh | 550 |
| The Guyana Postal & Telecommunication Workers’ Union | Guyana | 1080 |
| The St Lucia Civil Service Association | St Lucia | 350 |
| The State Enterprise Association of the Communication Authority of Thailand | Thailand | 7000 |
| The Telephone Industries of Pakistan and Workers Federation | Pakistan | 2600 |
| Trade Union Federation of PTT Workers | France | 45182 |
| Trinidad and Tobago Postal Workers Union | Trinidad and Tobago | 780 |
| Uganda Posts & Telecommunications Employees' Union | Uganda | 2000 |
| Unie van Werknemers in het Water, Gas- en Electriciteitsbedrijf | Curacao | 400 |
| Union Nationale des Travailleurs du Zaïre Fédération Nationale des PTT | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7500 |
| Union of Communication Workers | Slovakia | 22083 |
| Union of Communication Workers | Czech Republic | 51700 |
| Union of Hong Kong Post Office Employees | Hong Kong | 1380 |
| Union of Pos Malaysia Berhad Clerical Workers | Malaysia | 3243 |
| Union of Post & Telecommunication Officers | Sri Lanka | 4678 |
| Union of Post Office Workers | Mauritius | 163 |
| Union of Postal Communications Employees | Canada | 2554 |
| Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers | Austria | 43800 |
| Union of Postal Employees PASYDY | Cyprus | 350 |
| Union of Postal Uniformed Staff | Malaysia | 4504 |
| Union of Postal Uniformed Staff Sarawak | Malaysia | 289 |
| Union of Posts & Telecommunications Employees | Kenya | 9999 |
| Union of Sabah Postal Uniformed Staff | Malaysia | 123 |
| Union of Swiss Postal Employees | Switzerland | 5318 |
| Union of Swiss Postal, Telegraph and Telephone Personnel | Switzerland | 20855 |
| Union of Swiss Telegraph and Telephone Supervisors | Switzerland | 4017 |
| Union of Telecoms Employees (Sarawak) | Malaysia | 1950 |
| Union of Telecoms Employees of Singapore | Singapore | 6059 |
| Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union | Dominica | 95 |
| Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications Workers' Union | Zimbabwe | 6703 |

## Leadership

### General Secretaries

    1911: Felix Koch
    1919: Ludwig Maier
    1936: Franz Rohner
    1940: Fritz Gmür
    1965: Stefan Nedzynski
    1989: Philip Bowyer

### Presidents

    1920: John William Bowen
    1949: Charles Geddes
    1957: William Norton
    1960: Carl Stenger
    1966: Ron Smith
    1967: Charles Delacourt-Smith
    1969: Joseph A. Beirne
    1974: Ivan Reddish
    1979: Ernst Breit
    1984: Glenn Watts
    1985: Akira Yamagishi
    1990: Curt Persson
    1997: Kurt van Haaren
