The Independent Luxembourg Trade Union Confederation (

Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. As a standard form of th ...

: ''Onofhängege Gewerkschaftsbond Lëtzebuerg'',

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

: ''Unabhängiger Gewerkschaftsbund Luxemburg''), also OGBL or OGB-L, is a Luxembourgish

general union A general union is a trade union (called ''labor union'' in American English) which represents workers from all industries and companies, rather than just one organisation or a particular sector, as in a craft union or industrial union. A gene ...

History

The union was established in 1979, when the

Luxembourg Workers' Union The Luxembourg Workers' Union ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Arbechter-Verband, LAV) was a general union in Luxembourg. The union was founded in 1920, as the Luxembourg Mining and Metalworkers' Union. This was a merger of the Luxembourg Miners' and Ironworke ...

merged with the

General Federation of Teachers of Luxembourg The General Federation of Teachers of Luxembourg (french: Fédération générale des instituteurs luxembourgeois, FGIL) was a trade union representing teachers in Luxembourg. The union was founded in 1900, and in 1905 joined the International Bur ...

. They hoped that the country's other unions would join the merger, but only the leadership of the

Luxembourg Association of Banking and Insurance Employees The Luxembourg Association of Banking and Insurance Employees (french: Association Luxembourgeoise des Employés des Banques et Assurances, ALEBA) is a trade union representing workers in the finance sector in Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, ...

, the

Federation of Private Employees The Federation of Private Employees (french: Fédération des employés privés, FEP) was a trade union representing private sector, white collar workers in Luxembourg. The union was founded in 1918, when the recently founded National Federation of ...

, and the Neutral Craftsmen Union did so. The new union affiliated to the

General Confederation of Labour of Luxembourg The General Confederation of Labour of Luxembourg (CGT-L) french: Confédération générale du travail luxembourgeoise is a trade union federation in Luxembourg. The federation was established in 1927, on the initiative of unions representing rai ...

and, given its size, it has since been the dominant force in the federation. The union grew over time, absorbing the Association of Professional Drivers, and the

Federation of Printing Workers of Luxembourg The Federation of Printing Workers of Luxembourg (french: Fédération luxembourgeoise des travailleurs du livre, FLTL) was a trade union representing workers in the printing and paper industries in Luxembourg. The union was the first to be establ ...

. It is open to all workers and pensioners, and is based in

Esch-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's List of communes of Luxembourg by population, second-most populous commune, with ...

. It was divided into 15 professional trade unions, according to the different employee groups. In 2020, the

National Federation of Railway Workers, Transport Workers, Civil Servants and Employees of Luxembourg The National Federation of Railway Workers, Transport Workers, Civil Servants and Employees of Luxembourg (french: Fédération nationale des cheminots, travailleurs du transport, fonctionnaires et employés luxembourgeois, FNCTTFEL; lb, Landsverba ...

agreed to join, as its sixteenth sectoral union. The OGBL publishes the members' magazine ''Aktuell'' in multiple languages.''Aktuell''
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Presidents

:1979: John Castegnaro :2004: Jean-Claude Reding :2014: André Roeltgen :2019: Nora Back

External links

Unions of Luxembourg
(Governmental primer)
OGBL website
(French and German)

References

Trade unions in Luxembourg General unions Trade unions established in 1979 {{Luxembourg-stub

History

Presidents

Further reading

External links

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