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341:Indian National Mineworkers' Federation
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496:Norwegian Union of General Workers
113:International Federation of Miners
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544:Union of Metal, Mining and Energy
412:National Coal Mine Workers' Union
166:for many years, with the British
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458:Nigerian Mineworkers' Federation
314:General Union of Spanish Workers
257:Cyprus Federation of Free Miners
176:World Federation of Trade Unions
109:Miners' International Federation
17:Miners' International Federation
557:Union of Mineworkers of Belgium
366:Korean Mine Workers' Federation
246:Confederation of Copper Workers
810:Ronald Payne and Gary Busch, "
570:United Mine Workers of America
532:Tanganyika Mine Workers' Union
388:Manpower Citizens' Association
377:Luxembourg Workers' Federation
268:Federation of Miners of Greece
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168:National Union of Mineworkers
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1034:Arne Geijer
924:Bill Jordan
900:Harm Buiter
637:Secretaries
585:New Zealand
426:Philippines
369:South Korea
306:Netherlands
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1016:Paul Finet
1008:Presidents
987:Enzo Friso
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918:Enzo Friso
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622:Yugoslavia
535:Tanganyika
380:Luxembourg
201:Affiliates
1028:Omer Becu
999:Zé Olívio
930:Guy Ryder
894:Omer Becu
680:Ted Jones
87:Members
49:Dissolved
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612:461,674
577:600,000
511:Suriname
453:675,000
361:200,441
348:150,000
184:Brussels
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477:36,000
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407:21,000
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282:Tunisia
274:30,000
252:24,000
230:57,000
214:Country
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137:Austria
127:History
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