De Unie is 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 professionals in the private sector in the Netherlands. The union was founded in 1972, when the Dutch Catholic Union of Foremen and Supervisors merged with the Union of Clerical and Supervisory Staff. It was initially named the Union of Officials, Management and Senior Personnel (BHLP). Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the

Dutch Catholic Trade Union Federation The Dutch Catholic Trade Union Federation (, NKV) was a national trade union centre bringing together Catholic trade unions in the Netherlands. The federation was established in 1925, as the Roman Catholic Workers' Federation. It disbanded in 194 ...

(NKV). It admitted members regardless of their religious affiliation, and approve of the NKV's moves towards secularism, but disagreed with the federation's interest in a merger with the social democratic

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 ...

(NVV). In 1974, when the NKV and the NVV formed a federation, the BHLP resigned, instead joining the new Federation of Middle and Higher Personnel (MHP). By 1997, the union had 110,396 members, of whom, 18% worked in commerce, 17% in metals, 11% in chemicals, and the remainder across a wide variety of industries. In 2012, it left the MHP, disagreeing with its approach to the public sector, but rejoined in 2017, after it had been renamed as the Trade Union Federation for Professionals.

External links

*{{official website, https://www.unie.nl/

References

Trade unions established in 1972 Trade unions in the Netherlands