Carpenters' International

The Carpenters' International (German: Zimmerer-Internationale) was a global union federation bringing together unions representing carpenters.

The federation was established on 1 April 1903, on the initiative of the Central Union of Carpenters and Kindred Trades of Germany. This union provided the leadership for the international, and remained its largest affiliate.[1] At its peak, the union also had affiliates from Austria, Bohemia, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, but by 1923, it was left with only the German and Danish unions.[2]

The federation's final leader was Adolph Schönfelder. In 1925, it merged into the larger International Federation of Woodworkers, which allocated one seat on its four-person executive to a representative of the carpenters, this initially being Wilhelm Wolgast.[3][4][5]

General Secretaries
1903: Friedrich Schrader
1921: Adolph Schönfelder

References
  1. "Erste Internationale Konferenz der Zimmerer-Organisation" (PDF). Der Zimmerer. 15 (19): 158–159. 9 May 1903. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. The American Labor Yearbook. New York: Rand School of Social Science. 1924. p. 263.
  3. Rütters, Peter; Zimmerman, Rüdiger. "Bauarbeitergewerkschaften in Deutschland und Internationale Vereinigungen von Bauarbeiterverbänden (1869 – 2004)" (PDF). Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. Wolgast, Wilhelm (1931). Zentralverband der Zimmerer und verwandter Berufsgenossen. ADGB. pp. 2111–2112. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. "Internationale Bauarbeiterbewegung" (PDF). Der Grundstein. 37 (52): 1. 27 December 1924. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
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