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 smaller affiliated trade unions. Each union is traditionally dominated by a certain political faction, with the strongest faction in the ÖGB as a whole traditionally being the

social democratic Social democracy is a political, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocating economic and social interventions to promote soci ...

one (Fraktion Sozialdemokratischer GewerkschafterInnen), which is known for its close contacts to Austria's Social Democratic Party ( SPÖ); chairmen of the ÖGB have often also been influential SPÖ members.*

Affiliated unions

PRO-GE PRO-GE is a trade union representing production workers in manufacturing, agriculture and mining, in Austria. The union was founded in November 2009, when the Chemical Workers' Union (Austria), Chemical Workers' Union (GdC) merged with the Metal-Te ...

Union of Construction and Woodworkers The Union of Construction and Woodworkers (german: Gewerkschaft Bau-Holz, GBH) is a trade union representing construction workers in Austria. The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation The Austrian Trade Union Federati ...

(GBH) *

Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers (german: Gewerkschaft für Post- und Fernmeldebedienstete, GPF) is a trade union representing communication workers in Austria. The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation ...

(GPF) *

Union of Private Sector Employees, Printing, Journalism, and Paper The Union of Private Sector Employees, Printing, Journalism, and Paper (german: Gewerkschaft der Privatangestellten, Druck, Journalismus, Papier, commonly abbreviated GPA-DJP) is the largest trade union in the Austrian Trade Union Federation. It re ...

(GPA-DJP) *

Union of Public Services The Union of Public Services (german: Gewerkschaft öffentlicher Dienst, GÖD), is a trade union representing public service workers in Austria. The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation The Austrian Trade Union Feder ...

(GÖD) *

Vida Vida means “life” in Spanish and Portuguese. It may refer to: Geography * Vida (Gradačac), village in Bosnia and Herzegovina * Lake Vida, Victoria Valley, Antarctica * U.S. settled places: ** Vida, Montana ** Vida, Oregon ** Vida, Missour ...

Younion Younion is a trade union representing municipal workers, and workers in the media and arts, in Austria. The union was founded in 2009, when the Union of Municipal Employees merged with the Union of Artists, Media Workers and Freelance Workers. It ...

Former affiliates

Presidents

:1945: Johann Böhm :1959:

Franz Olah Franz Olah (13 March 1910 – 4 September 2009) was an Austrian politician who served as the country's Interior Minister from 1963 until 1964 as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ). Olah was born on 13 March 1910 in Vienna. He attended ...

:1963:

Anton Benya Anton Benya (born October 8, 1912 in Vienna, died December 5, 2001) was an Austrian politician (with the Social Democratic Party of Austria) and trade unionist. He was President of the National Council from 1971 to 1986. Honours and awards * Gran ...

:1987:

Fritz Verzetnitsch Friedrich Verzetnitsch (born 22 May 1945) is an Austrian former trade unionist. Born in Vienna, Verzetnitsch completed an apprenticeship as a pipe fitter and began working for a small business. In 1961, he joined the Union of Metal, Mining an ...

:2006:

Rudolf Hundstorfer Rudolf Hundstorfer (19 September 1951 – 20 August 2019) was an Austrian Social Democratic Party of Austria, social democratic politician who served as president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB). Hundstorfer was from December 2008 t ...

(acting) :2008: Erich Foglar :2018:

Wolfgang Katzian Wolfgang Katzian (born October 28, 1956 in Stockerau, Austria) is an Austrian politician and president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation since June 14th 2018. In 2005 he became chairman of the Union of Private Sector Employees (GPA), whi ...

References

External links

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