The Services Union ( nl, Dienstenbond, Dibo) was a trade union representing workers in the service sector in the Netherlands. The union was founded in 1981, with the merger of

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and the Catholic Union of Commercial Employees. These unions had previously been affiliated to the

Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions The Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions ( nl, Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen, NVV) was a Dutch social-democratic trade union. History The NVV was founded in 1906 as a merger of fifteen smaller unions, as a result of the inability of the ...

(NVV) and

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(NKV), respectively, but the two federations were in the process of merging to form the

Dutch Federation of Trade Unions The Federation of Dutch Trade Unions ( nl, Federatie Nederlandse Vakbeweging, FNV) is a national trade union centre in the Netherlands. In addition to member unions, workers in many sectors can join the FNV directly. History The FNV was founded ...

(FNV), to which the new union affiliated.{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , pages=463–465 By 1997, the union had 101,111 members, of whom 53% worked in commerce, 14% in culture, 7% in banking, 7% in insurance, 6% in business services, 5% in social services, 4% in public administration, 3% in paper and printing, and 1% in health. In 1998, the union merged with the

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, the

Industrial Workers' Union The Industrial Workers' Union ( nl, Industriebond, IB) was a general union focused on workers in heavy industry in the Netherlands. The union was founded in December 1980, with the merger of the Industrial Workers' Union NVV and the Industrial Wor ...

, and the Transport Workers' Union, to form the Allied Union.

Presidents

:1981: Alessandro Fogarin :1988: Lodewijk de Waal :1992: Martin Spanjers

References

Clerical trade unions Trade unions established in 1981 Trade unions disestablished in 1998 Trade unions in the Netherlands