Founded in 1950, the Chemical TUI today unites 100 organizations from 50 countries, representing 13 million members. The 9th International Trade Conference, held in Prague from the 16th to 20th May, 1983, was attended by 93 organizations from 59 countries, 33 of which were not members of the TUI. Five commissions carry out its activities in the following fields: chemicals; petroleum; paper; ceramics and glass; rubber. In 1981 the Chemical TUI organized a broad-based International Conference on Transnational in the Pharmaceutical Industry, in Moscow, as well as an International Trade Union Conference Against Chemical and Bacteriological Weapons, in Ho Chi Minh City, in 1983. It exerts a great deal of effort coordinating the struggles of the workers of transnationals,in particular the RHONE-POULENC Company. It publishes a regular news bulletin, and news sheets. Address: Benczur ut.45 1415 Budapest, Hungary Telephone: (361)428558 Cable address: INTERCHEMIE (Budapest) Telex; 225861 General Secretary: A Iain Covet ( France)