Surinaamse Werknemers Organisatie (Surinamese Workers Organization, abbreviated SWO) was a trade union centre in Suriname.
The organization was founded in 1947.[1][2] The organization had six affiliated unions.[2] The main force behind the formation of SWO was the Surinamese Miners Union (SMU).[3][4] Another of the SWO affiliates was the Surinaamse Haven- en Transportarbeiders Bond (Surinamese Dock and Transport Workers Union), with 400 members.[5]
Leo E. A. S. Eliazer [nl] was the chairman of SWO, A. C. Calor its general secretary, R. E. Groenhart its vice chairman and A. S. Shukrula and R. Chandrikaperksd its Commissioners.[2] The organization had its offices on Steenbakkerijstraat [nl].[2]
SWO represented candidates in the 1951 Surinamese general election[6] The organization opposed female voting rights.[7]
SWO was a founding member of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) in 1949.[2][8] At the time SWO claimed to have some 18,000 members.[8] SWO was affiliated with ORIT and CADORIT.[2] By 1958 SWO claimed to have some 20,000 members.[2]
When the in Suriname Labour Council (Raad van Vakcentralen) was formed 1951, SWO obtained 3 out of 8 board seats - Eliazer (chairman), J. Strok and R. Groenhart.[9]
SWO had become defunct by 1960.[1][2] In March 1964 the ICFTU Executive Board decided to consider the SWO membership lapsed after 4 years of unpaid membership fees and a long period without contacts.[10]
References
- ^ a b Campbell, E. E., & Douben, N. H. (editors) (1990). Constanten en varianten : opstellen aangeboden aan prof.dr. P.A.J.M. Steenkamp ter gelegenheid van zijn afscheid als gewoon hoogleraar aan de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven. pp. 80-81
- ^ a b c d e f g h United States. Bureau of International Labor Affairs. Directory of Labor Organizations: Western Hemisphere (excluding the United States), Vol. 2. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960. pp. 37.2-3
- ^ Surinaams Verslag. Netherlands. Departement van Uniezaken en Overzeese Rijksdelen, 1951. p. 18
- ^ Rudolf Asveer Jacob van Lier. Samenleving in een grensgebied: een sociaal-historische studie van Suriname. Emmering, 1977. p. 352
- ^ Directory of International Trade Union Organizations, Part 2. United States. Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 1954. p. 168
- ^ Schuitemaker—van Steenbergen, E. T. (1951). POLITIEKE ONTWIKKELING IN SURINAME NA DE INWERKINGTREDING DER INTERIM-REGELING. De West-Indische Gids, 32, 154–167
- ^ Women's Rights Centre Suriname. Grote massameeting voor het vrouwenkiesrecht: 7 maart 1948
- ^ a b Yıldırım Koç. ULUSLARARASI SENDİKACILIK TARİHİ
- ^ Directory of Labor Organizations, Western Hemisphere. Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1956. p. 37.5
- ^ Report of the World Congress, Vol. 8. International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 1965. pp. 10, 174
