Austrian Trade Union Federation

{{Short description|Trade union}} {{Redirect|OGB}} {{Infobox union |name = ÖGB |location = Austria |affiliations = ITUC, TUAC |num_members = 1,335,421 (2005) |full_name = Austrian Federation of Trade Unions |native_name = Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund |image = File:Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund logo.svg |founded = 1945 |dissolved = |merged_into = |headquarters = Vienna, Austria |key_people = Wolfgang Katzian, president |website = {{url|www.oegb.at}} |footnotes = }}

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 unions. Each union is traditionally dominated by a certain political faction, with the strongest faction in the ÖGB as a whole traditionally being the social democratic 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.<ref>*{{cite book | year = 2005 | title = Trade Unions of the World | editor = ICTUR | editor-link = International Centre for Trade Union Rights |display-editors=etal | edition = 6th | publisher = John Harper Publishing | location = London, UK | isbn = 0-9543811-5-7}}</ref>

==Affiliated unions== *PRO-GE *Union of Construction and Woodworkers (GBH) *Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers (GPF) *Union of Private Sector Employees, Printing, Journalism, and Paper (GPA-DJP) *Union of Public Services (GÖD) *Vida *Younion

==Former affiliates== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Union !! Acronym !! Founded !! Fate !! Year<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><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 |pages=96–98}}</ref> |- | Chemical Workers' Union || GdC || 1945 || Merged into PRO-GE || 2009 |- | Commerce and Transport Union || HTV || 1945 || Merged into vida || 2006 |- | Hotel, Catering and Personal Services Union || HGPD || 1978 || Merged into vida || 2006 |- | Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union || GGA || 1945 || Merged into HGPD || 1978 |- | Metal-Textile-Food Union || GMTN || 2006 || Merged into PRO-GE || 2009 |- | Metal-Textile Union || GMT || 2000 || Merged into GMTN || 2006 |- | Personal Service Workers' Union || GPD || 1945 || Merged into HGPD || 1978 |- | Railway Workers' Union || GdE || 1945 || Merged into vida || 2006 |- | Union of Agricultural and Forestry Workers || GLFG || 1945 || Merged into ANG || 1991 |- | Union of Agriculture, Food and Allied Industries || ANG || 1991 || Merged into GMTN || 2006 |- | Union of Artists, Media Workers and Freelance Workers || GKMF || 1945 || Merged into younion || 2009 |- | Union of Metal, Mining and Energy || GMBE || 1945 || Merged into GMT || 2000 |- | Union of Municipal Employees || GGB || 1945 || Merged into younion || 2009 |- | Union of Printing, Journalism, and Paper || DJP || 1945 || Merged into GPA-DJP || 2007 |- | Union of Private Sector Employees || GPA || 1945 || Merged into GPA-DJP || 2007 |- | Union of Workers in Food and Allied Industries || GLB || 1945 || Merged into ANG || 1991 |- | Union of Textile, Clothing and Leather Workers || GTBL || 1945 || Merged into GMT || 2000 |}

==Presidents== :1945: Johann Böhm :1959: Franz Olah :1963: Anton Benya :1987: Fritz Verzetnitsch :2006: Rudolf Hundstorfer (acting) :2008: Erich Foglar :2018: Wolfgang Katzian

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://www.oegb.at/ OeGB Homepage] {{Portal|Organized labour}} {{European Trade Union Confederation}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Trade unions in Austria Category:1945 establishments in Austria Category:National federations of trade unions Category:Trade unions established in 1945 Category:Sole legal trade unions