Fimmen worked as a clerk, probably for the American Petroleum Company and during the 1903 strike joined the National Union of Commercial and Office Employees. Allied to G L Niermeyer, he was elected secretary. He was then obliged to give up his job, and supported himself through translation work for J. C. Dalmeyer. On 22 October 1905 he was one of the founder members of the General Dutch Union of Trade and Office Workers. He was the treasurer from 1905 to 1907, and then Secretary from 1907 - 1916. He also edited Onze Strijd (Our Struggle) from 1909 - 1916. They successfully campaigned for equal pay for men and women in 1909. From 1919 to 1942, Fimmen served as General Secretary of the International Transport Workers' Federation. In the early phases of World War II in Europe, he organized couriers for Soviet military intelligence and also assisted the British. Books Fimmen's Translations into Dutch From German De kunst van het arbeiden, Carl Hilty, (1903) Geluk, Carl Hilty, (1903) From English: Nyria , Mrs. Campbell Pread, (1904); From the French: Wat volwassen meisjes wel eens mogen weten, Ch. Burlureaux, (1905), Books by Fimmen Labour's Alternative: The United States of Europa or Europe Limited (1924) Labour Publishing Company, London References Further reading Hans Schoots, 'Fimmen, Eduard Carl (1881-1942)', in: Biografisch Woordenboek van Nederland 5 (2002) 1881 births 1942 deaths Anarcho-pacifists Christian anarchists Dutch anarchists Dutch Christian pacifists Dutch trade union leaders Dutch socialists International Transport Workers' Federation Trade unionists from Amsterdam