Commerce and Transport Union

{{Short description|Trade union in Austria}} The '''Commerce and Transport Union''' ({{langx|de|Gewerkschaft Handel, Transport, Verkehr}}, HTV) was a trade union representing workers in the distribution industry in Austria.

The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation. By 1998, it had only 35,715 members.<ref name="ebbinghaus">{{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 |page=97}}</ref> In 2006, it merged with the Railway Workers' Union and the Hotel, Catering and Personal Services Union, to form Vida.<ref>{{cite web |title=Eine Bewegung in Bewegung |url=https://www.oegb.at/cms/S06/S06_999_Suche.a/1342537066882/suche/eine-bewegung-in-bewegung |website=Austrian Trade Union Federation |accessdate=16 January 2020}}</ref>

==Presidents== :1945: Karl Weigl :1954: Wilhelm Svetelsky :1966: Johann Roposs :1978: :1986: Robert Zehenthofer :1990: Peter Schneider

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Category:Transportation trade unions Category:Trade unions established in 1945 Category:Trade unions disestablished in 2006 Category:Trade unions in Austria Category:1945 establishments in Austria Category:2006 disestablishments in Austria Category:Sole legal trade unions