The Hotels, Catering and Personal Services Union (german: Gewerkschaft Hotel, Gastgewerbe, Persönlicher Dienst, HGPD) 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 workers in the hospitality industry in

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

. The union was founded in 1978, when the Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union merged with the

Personal Service Workers' Union The Personal Service Workers' Union (german: Gewerkschaft Persönlicher Dienst, GPA) was a trade union representing service workers in Austria. The union was founded by the Austrian Trade Union Federation The Austrian Trade Union Federation or ...

. Like its forerunners, the union affiliated to the

Austrian Trade Union Federation 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 ...

. By 1998, the union had 50,320 members. In 2006, it merged with the Railway Workers' Union and the Commerce and Transport Union, to form Vida.{{cite web , title=Eine Bewegung in Bewegung , url=https://www.oegb.at/cms/S06/S06_999_Suche.a/1342537066882/suche/eine-bewegung-in-bewegung , website=Austrian Trade Union Federation , accessdate=16 January 2020

Presidents

:1978: Florian Mück :1987: Franz Erwin Niemitz

References

Hospitality industry trade unions Trade unions established in 1978 Trade unions disestablished in 2006 Trade unions in Austria 1978 establishments in Austria 2006 disestablishments in Austria