Carpenters' International
The Carpenters' International 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. The federation initially also included union from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
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.
