The Austrian Trade Union Federation or Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (de: Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund, abbreviated OeGB or ÖGB) is a labour union of employees. It is constituted as an association and is subdivided into seven smaller affiliated trade unions. Each union is traditionally dominated by a certain political faction, with the strongest faction in the ÖGB as a whole traditionally being the social democratic one (Fraktion Sozialdemokratischer GewerkschafterInnen), which is known for its close contacts to Austria's Social Democratic Party (SPÖ); chairmen of the ÖGB have often also been influential SPÖ members.[1]
Affiliated unions
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- Union of Construction and Woodworkers (GBH)
- Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers (GPF)
- Union of Private Sector Employees, Printing, Journalism, and Paper (GPA-DJP)
- Union of Public Services (GÖD)
- Vida
- Younion
Former affiliates
Presidents
- 1945: Johann Böhm
- 1959: Franz Olah
- 1963: Anton Benya
- 1987: Fritz Verzetnitsch
- 2006: Rudolf Hundstorfer (acting)
- 2008: Erich Foglar
- 2018: Wolfgang Katzian
References
- ^ *ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
- ^ "Eine Bewegung in Bewegung". Austrian Trade Union Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 96–98. ISBN 0333771125.
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