The Danish Municipal Workers' Union (, DKF) was a

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 ...

representing local government workers in

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. The union was established on 19 March 1899 by 47 workers, as the Copenhagen Municipal Workers' Union. In 1920, it began recruiting members across the country, and adopted its final name. In its early years, the union frequently came into conflict with the

Danish General Workers' Union The Danish General Workers' Union (, SID) was a general union representing mostly unskilled and semi-skilled workers, in Denmark. History The union was founded in 1897 as the Danish Workers' Union (DA), becoming the Danish Workers' and Specialist ...

, which wished to organised members by their grade of work, rather than by employer. As a result, the DKF was not initially permitted to affiliate 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 ...

. In 1964, it changed its name again, becoming the Public Employees' Union - Danish Municipal Workers' Union, and for the first time accepted other public sector workers into membership. By 1991, the union had 119,444 members, of whom 5% worked on local transport. 81% of members were women. From the 1980s, changes in the health and social care sectors led the union to compete for members with the Homeworkers' Union. In December 1992, the two merged, to form the Union of Public Employees (FOA).{{cite web , title=DKA og HAF sammenlægges , url=https://www.foa.dk/forbund/om-foa/foas-historie/1990erne/dka-og-haf-sammenlaegges , website=FOA , accessdate=10 February 2020

Presidents

:1899: Alfred Jensen :1901: Carl Pedersen :1915: T. Thomsen :1936: Rasmus Olsen :1948: A. C. Hansen :1960: Helmuth Andersen :1969: Jørgen Knudsen :1980: Poul Winckler

References

Municipal workers' trade unions Trade unions in Denmark Trade unions established in 1899 Trade unions disestablished in 1992