The Union of Agriculture, Food and Allied Industries (german: Gewerkschaft Agrar-Nahrung-Genuß, ANG) 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 workers in agriculture, food processing and other related industries, in Austria. The union was founded in 1991, when the

Union of Agricultural and Forestry Workers The Union of Agricultural and Forestry Workers (german: Gewerkschaft Land, Forst, Garten, GLFG) was a trade union representing countryside workers in Austria. The union was founded by the Austrian Trade Union Federation The Austrian Trade Union ...

merged with the Union of Workers in Food and Allied Industries. Like its predecessors, it affiliated to the

Austrian Trade Union Federation 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 ...

. By 1998, it had 44,432 members. In 2002, the union began sharing offices in

Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

with the

Metal-Textile Union The Metal-Textile Union (german: Gewerkschaft Metall-Textil, GMT) was a trade union representing manufacturing workers and miners in Austria. The union was founded in 2000, when the Union of Metal, Mining and Energy (GMBE) merged with the Union of ...

, and on 10 May 2006, the two unions merged, forming the

Metal-Textile-Food Union The Metal-Textile-Food Union (german: Gewerkschaft Metall-Textil-Nahrung, GMTN) was a trade union representing workers in manufacturing, mining, and agriculture in Austria. The union was founded on 10 May 2006, when the Metal-Textile Union merged ...

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Presidents

:1991: Leopold Simperl :2004: Rainer Wimmer

References

Agriculture and forestry trade unions Food processing trade unions Trade unions established in 1991 Trade unions disestablished in 2006 Trade unions in Austria 1991 establishments in Austria 2006 disestablishments in Austria