Emerging from the merger in 1958, of the International Union of Textile and Clothing Trade Unions, with the International Union of Fur and Leather Workers, both founded in 1949, the TUI today joins 75 organizations from 58 countries, with a total of 12 million members. The 8th Conference of the TUI, held in 1982 in Berlin, capital of the GDR (September 20-24) was attended by 83 organizations from 59 countries, 32 of which were non-members. It cooperates on a regional level with the Latin American Federation of Textile, Clothing and Leather Workers (CLATEXC), the Arab Federation of Textile Workers (FATT) and the Organization of African Trade Union Unity (OATUU). It has the following special commission: textile; clothing; fur and leather; and a Working Group on Peace and Disarmament. It pays special attention to coordinating international actions of workers of the BATA and DMC transnational. It publishes the bulletins «Courricr» and «News». At the 10th World Trade Union Congress, its General Secretary was elected a member of the WFTU Bureau. Address: Opletalova 57 1 1000 Prague 1, Czechoslovakia Telephone: (422) 221729 General Secretary: Jan Kriz (Czechoslovakia)