Universal Alliance of Diamond Workers
Alliance Universelle des Ouvriers Diamantaires | |
The founders of the Universal Alliance of Diamond Workers (UADW), 1905. Group photo with, among others, 1st row from left to right: 3rd Jan Bartels, 4th Jan Van Zutphen, 5th Jef Groesser | |
| Merged into | International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions |
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| Founded | May 23, 1905 |
| Dissolved | November 1, 2000 (95 years, 5 months and 9 days) |
| Headquarters | 66-68 Plantin-en-Moretuslei, Antwerp |
| Members | 10,100 (1982) |
Publication | Bulletin |
| Affiliations | ICFTU |
The Universal Alliance of Diamond Workers (UADW) was a small global union federation bringing together workers in the diamond industry that was founded in 1905. The Alliance focused on improving working conditions, reducing working hours, establishing clearer wages and — above all, to ensure better working conditions — limiting the number of apprentices in the trade. Other objectives of the federation were to provide information on industrial and social conditions relevant to its members and to conduct its own research.