German Postal Union

{{Short description|Former German trade union (1949–2001)}} {{Infobox organization | name = | full_name = German Postal Union | native_name = Deutsche Postgewerkschaf | native_name_lang = de | logo = | logo_size = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = German_Postal_Union_logo.png | image_size = | image_alt =  | caption = | map =  | map_size =  | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 =  | map2_size = | map2_alt = | map2_caption = | abbreviation = | nickname = | pronunciation = | pronounce_ref = | pronounce_comment = | named_after = | predecessor = | merged_into = Ver.di | successor = | formation = 1949 | founder =  | founding_location = | dissolved = 2001 | merger =  | type = Trade Union | vat_id = | registration_id =  | status =  | purpose =  | professional_title =  | headquarters = | location = Germany | coordinates =  | origins = | region_served =  | products =  | services = | methods =  | fields =  | membership = 474,094 members | num_members_year = 1998 | language = German | owner =  | secretary_general =  | leader_title =  | leader_name = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_title3 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | board_of_directors = | key_people = | main_organ =  | parent_organization =  | subsidiaries = | secessions = | affiliations = | budget = | budget_year = | revenue = | revenue_year = | disbursements = | expenses = | expenses_year = | endowment = | endowment_year = | funding =  | num_staff = | num_staff_year = | num_volunteers = | num_volunteers_year = | num_students = | num_students_year = | awards = | website =  | remarks = | former_name =  | footnotes = | bodystyle = }} The '''German Postal Union''' ({{langx|de|Deutsche Postgewerkschaft}}, DPG) was a trade union representing postal workers in Germany.

The union was founded at a conference held on 29 and 30 June 1949, in Stuttgart. It initially had 140,000 members, the vast majority working for the Deutsche Bundespost. In October 1949, the union became a founder member of the German Trade Union Confederation.<ref name="verdi">{{cite web |title=Deutsche Postgewerkschaft |url=https://www.verdi.de/ueber-uns/idee-tradition/gruendungsgewerkschaften/++co++cfc3d9be-9844-11e1-6941-0019b9e321cd |website=Ver.di |accessdate=13 November 2019}}</ref>

In March 1990, the a German Postal Union East was founded, to cover East Germany, then in November this merged into the main union, with about 100,000 workers for the Deutsche Post of the GDR joining.<ref name="verdi" /> By 1998, the union had 474,094 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=308}}</ref>

Between 1989 and 1994, the Deutsche Bundespost was privatised, against the objections of the DPG. In 2001, the union merged with the German Salaried Employees' Union, Media Union, the Public Services, Transport and Traffic Union, and the Trade, Banking and Insurance Union, to form Ver.di.<ref name="verdi" />

==Presidents== :1950: Carl Stenger :1971: Ernst Breit :1982: Kurt van Haaren

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Category:Postal trade unions Category:Trade unions established in 1949 Category:Trade unions disestablished in 2001 Category:Trade unions in Germany