The Trade Union International Public Service and Allied (TUI PS&A) is a section of the World Federation of Trade Unions representing public sector workers. History The union was founded at a conference in East Berlin on October 29, 1949 as the International Union of Trade Unions of Postal, Telephone and Telegraph Workers. The name was changed to the Trade Union International of Public and Allied Employees (TUI-PAE) in 1955 during a conference in Vienna, when it broadened its scope to include workers in the health, finance and public administration areas. Organization The TUI-PAE had a three level structure with the Congress being the highest organ, a directive committee meeting between congress and day-to-day activities led by the executive bureau and secretariat based in East Berlin. There were five branch commission for the different sectors of the labor movement the union represented: posts and telecommunications, bank employees, local public servants and public administration. In 1957 the headquarters for the organization were reported to be at 0.17 Fritz-Heckert-Straße 70, East Berlin. In 1978 its address was reported as 47 Französische Straße, Postfach 1322 DDR 108, East Berlin. It was reported at the same address in 1985. Its current address is at SRTVS – Quadra 701 – Bloco O – Sala 1512 – Ed. Multiempresarial, Brasilia, Federal District, Brazil. The current Head Office is in South Africa as from November 2019. Congresses 1st: October 1949, East Berlin 2nd: 1955, Vienna 7th: October 11-15 1982, Prague 13th: November 2019, Larnica Members In 1955 TUI-PAE claimed 6.8 million members were represented at its Vienna congress. In 1977 it claimed 24.1 million members in 104 member organizations. In 1985 this had grown to 29 million in 104 affiliates in 44 countries, while in 2020 it stood at 20 million members in 50 unions in 34 countries. In 1978 the following groups were known to be affiliated with the Trade Unions International of Public and Allied Employees: - National Union of Employee of Angola - Bangladesh Electricity Workers Federation - Bangladesh Water Development Workers Federation - National Union of Finance Employees of Dahomey - National Union of Health Service Workers - National Federation of Civil Servants - National Union of Employees of Products Conditioning - Custom Employees Union of Dahomey - National Union of Municipal Workers - National Association of Municipal Employees - National Association of Civil Servants - Fédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de l'Administration Générale et