The Allied Union (, Bond) was a

general union A general union is a trade union (called ''labor union'' in American English) which represents workers from all industries and companies, rather than just one organisation or a particular sector, as in a craft union or industrial union. A gen ...

representing workers in the Netherlands.

History

The union was founded in 1998, with the merger of the Food Workers' Union, the Industrial Workers' Union, the Services Union, and the Transport Workers' Union. Like all its predecessors, it affiliated to the

Dutch Federation of Trade Unions The Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (, FNV) is a national trade union centre in the Netherlands. The FNV is a significant player in the field of work and income. The trade union consists of a central federation, complemented by several sectoral ...

(FNV). The merger was intended to increase the co-ordination between union activity in different industries and spur innovative forms of organisation. On formation, the union had 499,285 members, and was the FNV's largest affiliate. It was organised in eight sectors: agriculture and the environment, services, trade, industry, ICT, metal, transport, and welfare and pensioners. In 1999, the independent Federated Railway Trade Association merged in. Despite its size, the union struggled, and its financial position weakened. By 2013, membership had fallen to 455,734, and in 2015, it dissolved, its members becoming direct members of the FNV.

Presidents

:1998: Henk Krul :1999: Hans de Vries :2002: Henk van der Kolk :2013: Ellen Dekkers

References

External links

* {{Authority control General unions Trade unions established in 1998 Trade unions disestablished in 2014 Trade unions in the Netherlands