The Central Union of Transport Workers (, CBT) was a

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

representing workers in the transport sector in the Netherlands. The union was founded on 1 January 1918, when the General Dutch Union of Port Authority Workers merged with the Union of Seamen. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the

Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions The Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (, NVV) was a Dutch social-democratic trade union. History The NVV was founded in 1906 as a merger of fifteen smaller unions, as a result of the inability of the previous unions to control the radical ele ...

. In 1950, it was renamed as the Central Union of Transport Company Workers. By 1954, the union had 35,216 members. At the end of 1955, it merged with the Dutch Transport Workers' Association, to form the Dutch Transport Workers' Union, although its mariners instead joined the

Central Organisation of Sailors and Fishermen The Central Organisation of Sailors and Fishermen (, CKV) was a trade union representing seafarers in the Netherlands. The union was founded in 1956, when the Central Board of Captains and Officers of the Merchant Navy merged with the fisheries se ...

, and its dredgers transferred to the

General Dutch Construction Union The General Dutch Construction Union (, ANB) was a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in the Netherlands. History The union was founded on 11 January 1920, when the General Dutch Carpenters' Union merged with the Cent ...

Presidents

:1918: Arie Heijkoop :1919: Johan Brautigam :1927: :1936: Arie Kievit :1947: Reint Laan

References

{{Commons category Transportation trade unions Trade unions established in 1918 Trade unions disestablished in 1955 Trade unions in the Netherlands