The Industrial Workers' Union NKV () 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 ...

in the Netherlands, principally representing manufacturing workers. The union was founded on 1 January 1972, when the Dutch Catholic Union of Employees in Metal, Electronics and Related Companies merged with the Dutch Catholic Mineworkers' Union, the Dutch Catholic Clothing and Textile Workers' Union, and the Dutch Catholic Factory Workers' Union. Like all 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 ...

. By 1980, the union had 116,315 members, of whom, 50% worked in the metal industry, 15% in chemicals, 9% in textiles and clothing, 7% in food production, 5% in ceramics and glass, 4% in construction, 2% in paper and printing, 2% in personal services, 1% in mining and quarrying, and 5% in other areas of manufacturing. The following year, it merged with the rival Industrial Workers' Union NVV, to form the Industrial Workers' Union.{{cite book , title=Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe , volume=2 , date=1965 , publisher=United States Department of Labor , location=Washington DC , page=20.10–20.17

Presidents

:1972: Piet Brussel

References

Catholic trade unions General unions Trade unions established in 1972 Trade unions disestablished in 1980 Trade unions in the Netherlands