The Central Organisation of Sailors and Fishermen ( nl, Centrale van Zeevarenden ter Koopvaardij en Visserij, CKV) was a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

representing seafarers in the

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. The union was founded in 1956, when the Central Board of Captains and Officers of the Merchant Navy merged with the fisheries section of the Central Union of Transport Workers. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the

Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions The Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions ( nl, Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen, NVV) was a Dutch social-democratic trade union. History The NVV was founded in 1906 as a merger of fifteen smaller unions, as a result of the inability of the p ...

. By 1966, the union had 9,127 members, of whom 15% worked in fishing.{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , pages=463–467 The following year, it merged with the General Association of Seafarers, to form the

Federation of Maritime Workers The Federation of Maritime Workers ( nl, Federatie van Werknemers in de Zeevaart, FWZ) was a trade union representing sailors in the Netherlands. The union was founded in 1967, when the recently-founded General Association of Seafarers merged with ...

Presidents

:1956: Pieter de Vries :1958: Willy van Zuylen

References

Seafarers' trade unions Trade unions in the Netherlands Trade unions established in 1956 Trade unions disestablished in 1967