The National Union of Rail, Post, Telegraph, Telephone, Marine and Aviation Workers (french: Syndicat National des Ouvriers et Employés des Chemins de Fer, Postes, Télégraphes, Téléphone, Marine et Aéronautique, ChPTTMA; nl, Nationaal Syndikaat der Werklieden en Bedienden der Ijzerwegen, Post, Telegraaf, Telefoon, Zeewezen en Vliegwezen, IJPTTZL) 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 transport and communications workers in Belgium. The union was founded in 1917, when Prosper de Bruyn organised the merger of numerous railway workers' unions. It also accepted members who worked in communications, and in marine transport, and so was initially known as the National Union of Railways, Post, Telegraph, Telephone and Marine Workers. It affiliated to the Trade Union Commission (SK), and was one of its largest members, with 90,013 members by 1920. It then gradually declined, and by 1937 was down to 41,310 members. That year, it transferred from the SK to its successor, the

General Labour Confederation of Belgium The General Labour Confederation of Belgium ( nl, Belgisch Vakverbond, BVV; french: Confédération Générale du Travail de Belgique, CGTB) was a socialist national trade union federation in Belgium active between 1937 and 1944 when it was superse ...

. It ceased to operate 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 ...

, but various branches survived, and in 1942 they merged into the new General Association of Public Services, which soon became part of the

General Union of Public Services The General Union of Public Services ( nl, Algemene Centrale der Openbare Diensten, ACOD; french: Centrale Générale des Services Publics, CGSP) is a trade union representing public sector workers in Belgium. The union's origins lie in four union ...

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