The International Federation of Boot and Shoe Operatives and Leather Workers was a global union federation representing unions of shoemakers and leather workers, principally in Europe.
[1] In 1907, a conference in Stuttgart agreed to establish a new federation of the same name.
In 1919, it renamed itself as the International Union of Boot and Shoe Operatives, Leather, Skin and Hide Workers.
[1][2] In 1933, due to the rise to power of the Nazis, the federation's headquarters were moved to London, and George Chester took over as general secretary.
It became moribund during World War II, but in 1946, was reconstituted as the International Shoe and Leather Workers' Federation (ISLWF).