In 1891, the Belgian union of woodworkers organised the First International Wood Workers' Congress, in Brussels.
The conference established an international information service, and this organised a further congress in Zurich in 1893, then a conference of woodworkers was organised in London in 1896, alongside the International Labour Congress.
However, the information service then ceased to operate, and new international links were not established until 1899.
In 1904, this led to the establishment of the International Union of Woodworkers at a conference in Amsterdam.
[2] On 1 April 1934, the federation merged with the Building Workers' International, to form the International Federation of Building and Wood Workers.