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 (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (s ...

s. Each union is traditionally dominated by a certain

political faction A political faction is a group of individuals that share a common political purpose but differs in some respect to the rest of the entity. A faction within a group or political party may include fragmented sub-factions, "parties within a party," ...

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

social democratic Social democracy is a Political philosophy, political, Social philosophy, social, and economic philosophy within socialism that supports Democracy, political and economic democracy. As a policy regime, it is described by academics as advocati ...

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

SPÖ The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

); 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 (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

Presidents

:1945: Johann Böhm :1959:

Franz Olah Franz Olah (13 March 1910 – 4 September 2009) was an Austrian politician who served as the country's Interior Minister from 1963 until 1964 as a member of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ). Olah was born on 13 March 1910 in Vienna. He attended ...

:1963:

Anton Benya Anton Benya (born October 8, 1912 in Vienna, died December 5, 2001) was an Austrian politician (with the Social Democratic Party of Austria) and trade unionist. He was President of the National Council from 1971 to 1986. Honours and awards * Gran ...

:1987:

Fritz Verzetnitsch Friedrich Verzetnitsch (born 22 May 1945) is an Austrian former trade unionist. Born in Vienna, Verzetnitsch completed an apprenticeship as a pipe fitter and began working for a small business. In 1961, he joined the Union of Metal, Mining an ...

:2006:

Rudolf Hundstorfer Rudolf Hundstorfer (19 September 1951 – 20 August 2019) was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation (ÖGB). Hundstorfer was from December 2008 to January 2016 the Federal Minister ...

(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 The Austrian Trade Union Federation or Austrian Federation of Trade Unions ( de: ''Österreichisch ...

References

External links

OeGB Homepage
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