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 Association may refer to: *Club (organization), an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal *Trade association, an organization founded and funded by businesses that operate in a specific industry *Voluntary associatio ...

and is subdivided into seven smaller affiliated

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

s. Each union is traditionally dominated by a certain

political faction A political faction is a group of people with a common political purpose, especially a subgroup of a political party that has interests or opinions different from the rest of the political party. Intragroup conflict between factions can lead to ...

, with the strongest faction in the ÖGB as a whole traditionally being the

social democratic Social democracy is a Social philosophy, social, Economic ideology, economic, and political philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy and a gradualist, reformist, and democratic approach toward achi ...

one (Fraktion Sozialdemokratischer GewerkschafterInnen), which is known for its close contacts to Austria's Social Democratic Party (

SPÖ The Social Democratic Party of Austria ( , SPÖ) is a social democratic political party in Austria. Founded in 1889 as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (, SDAPÖ) and later known as the Socialist Party of Austria () from 1945 unt ...

); 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 The Union of Construction and Woodworkers (, 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 Federation or Austrian Federation of ...

(GBH) * Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers (GPF) * Union of Private Sector Employees, Printing, Journalism, and Paper (GPA-DJP) *

Union of Public Services The Union of Public Services (, GÖD), is a trade union representing public service workers in Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of ni ...

(GÖD) * Vida * Younion

Former affiliates

Presidents

:1945: Johann Böhm :1959: Franz Olah :1963: Anton Benya :1987: Fritz Verzetnitsch :2006: Rudolf Hundstorfer (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 (ÖGB) since June 14, 2018, and president of European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) since May 26, 20 ...

References

External links

OeGB Homepage
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