The Restaurant Trade Union ( da, RestaurationsBranchens Forbund, RBF) 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 hospitality and food manufacturing workers in

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. The union was founded in 1990, when the Danish Brewery, Distillery and Mineral Water Workers' Union merged with the Danish Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union, and the National Gastronomic Union. Initially named the Restaurant and Brewery Workers' Union, like its predecessors, it affiliated to the

Danish Confederation of Trade Unions LO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (Danish: ''LO, Landsorganisationen i Danmark'' or simply ''LO'') was founded in 1898 and was an umbrella organisation (the largest of the three national trade union centers in Denmark) for 18 Danish tra ...

. In 1991, the Servants' Union also merged into the RBF. By 1997, the union had 30,911 members, but the following year, the Brewery Workers' Union split away, leading the union to adopt its final name. By 2006, the RBF had about 20,000 members, and it merged into the

United Federation of Danish Workers The United Federation of Workers in Denmark ( da, Fagligt Fælles Forbund, 3F) is a Danish labor union. The union was formed in 2004, from the merger of the Danish Women Workers' Union and the Danish General Workers' Union. In 2006, the Restaur ...

Presidents

:1990: Bent Moos{{cite web , title=RBF's historie , url=https://fagbladet3f.dk/e93799f2848a472faddb01cdc2816bb7-20060630-rbf%27s-historie , website=3F , accessdate=10 November 2020 :1994: Majbritt Bidstrup :1996: Preben Rasmussen

References

Food processing trade unions Hospitality industry trade unions Trade unions in Denmark Trade unions established in 1990 Trade unions disestablished in 2006