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 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 ...

s. Each union is traditionally dominated by a certain

political faction A political faction is a group of individuals that share a common political purpose but differs in some respect to the rest of the entity. A faction within a group or political party may include fragmented sub-factions, "parties within a party," ...

, 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 so ...

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 (GdC) merged with the Metal-Textile-Food Union (GMTN). On forma ...

* Union of Construction and Woodworkers (GBH) * Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers (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 r ...

(GPA-DJP) * Union of Public Services (GÖD) * Vida *

Younion Younion is 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 be ...

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 * Gra ...

: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 (acting) :2008: Erich Foglar :2018: Wolfgang Katzian

References

External links

OeGB Homepage
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