The Danish Postal Union (, DPF) 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 people working for the Postvæsenet department of the Danish government. The union was founded in 1908, and affiliated to the

Danish Confederation of Trade Unions LO, The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions ( Danish: ''LO, Landsorganisationen i Danmark'' or simply ''LO'') was founded in 1898 and was an umbrella organisation (the largest of the three national trade union centers in Denmark) for 18 Danish ...

(LO). It represented

blue collar worker A blue-collar worker is a person who performs manual labor or skilled trades. Blue-collar work may involve skilled or unskilled labor. The type of work may involve manufacturing, retail, warehousing, mining, carpentry, electrical work, custodia ...

s, such as delivery and sorting staff. In 1995,

Post Danmark Post Danmark A/S, trading as PostNord Denmark (), is the national provider of postal services in Denmark. It was established as a fully state-owned stock holder's company in 1995 following political liberalization efforts. Post Danmark had t ...

was established, to take over the Danish postal service. The DPF objected to the change, and refused to co-operate with the new organisation in implementing changes to working practices. Newly recruited staff were placed on contracts, rather than becoming

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s. Under LO rules, this meant they were not eligible to join the DPF, instead joining the

Danish General Workers' Union The Danish General Workers' Union (, SID) was a general union representing mostly unskilled and semi-skilled workers, in Denmark. History The union was founded in 1897 as the Danish Workers' Union (DA), becoming the Danish Workers' and Specialist ...

(SID). This led membership of the DPF to decline rapidly, and at the start of 2001, the DPF merged into the SID.{{cite news , title=Dansk Postforbund og SiD fusionerer , url=https://jyllands-posten.dk/premium/erhverv/ECE3576364/Dansk-Postforbund-og-SiD-fusionerer/ , accessdate=14 February 2020 , work=Jyllands-Posten , date=26 September 2000

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Postal trade unions Trade unions in Denmark Trade unions established in 1908 Trade unions disestablished in 2001