The Dutch Union of Personnel in Government Service ( nl, Nederlandsche Bond van Personeel in Overheidsdienst, NBPO) 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 blue collar government workers in the Netherlands. The union was founded in 1920, when the Dutch Association of Workers in Public Services and Companies merged with the State Workers' Union, to form the Dutch Union of Workers in Government Service. 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 ...

(NVV). By 1921, it had 15,233 members. In 1924, it adopted its final name. The union was banned under the Nazi occupation during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

and re-established after the war; by the end of 1945, it had 12,858 members. At the end of the following year, it merged with the Central Dutch Union of Civil Servants, to form the

General Union of Civil Servants The General Union of Civil Servants ( nl, Algemene Bond van Ambtenaren, ABVA) was a trade union representing civil servants, including postal and telecommunication workers, in the Netherlands. The union was founded in 1947, when the Central Dutch ...

.{{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

Presidents

:1920:

Nico van Hinte Nicolaas van Hinte (13 July 1869 – 6 November 1932) was a Dutch trade union leader. Born in Assen, van Hinte followed his father in completing an apprenticeship as a gas fitter. He worked in Dokkum, before moving to Leeuwarden. In 1897, h ...

:1929: Frans van Meurs :1935: Maarten Bolle?

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Civil service trade unions Trade unions established in 1920 Trade unions disestablished in 1946 Trade unions in the Netherlands