The General Dutch Metalworkers' Union ( nl, Algemene Nederlandse Metaalbewerkersbond, ANMB) was a
trade union representing workers in the metal industry in the Netherlands.
The union was founded in 1886, and in 1906, it was a founding affiliate of the
Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (NVV). In 1951, it was renamed as the General Dutch Metal Industry Union, and in 1956, as the General Dutch Industrial Union for the Metal and Electrical Industries. In 1958, the
General Dutch Diamond Workers' Union
The General Diamond Workers' Union of the Netherlands (Dutch: ''Algemene Nederlandse Diamantbewerkers Bond''; abbreviated ANDB) was a trade union for diamond workers in the Netherlands from 1894 to the 1920s.
In 1893, the National Labor Secretaria ...
merged into the union.
By 1970, the union had 112,072 members.
On 1 January 1972, it merged with the
General Union of Miscellaneous Industries and the
General Industrial Union of Textiles and Clothing, to form the
Industrial Workers' Union NVV.
Presidents
:1910: W. F. Dekkers
:1916: Piet Danz
:1936: Henk van den Born
:1950: Kees van Wingerden
:1953: D. W. van Hattum
:1959: Ies Baart
:1965: Maarten Zondervan
:1970: Arie Groenevelt
References
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Metal trade unions
Trade unions established in 1886
Trade unions disestablished in 1972
Trade unions in the Netherlands