The Services Union (, Dibo) was a trade union representing workers in the service sector in the Netherlands. The union was founded in 1981, with the merger of

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and the Catholic Union of Commercial Employees. These unions had previously been affiliated to the

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(NVV) and

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(NKV), respectively, but the two federations were in the process of merging to form the

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(FNV), to which the new union affiliated.{{cite book , last1=Ebbinghaus , first1=Bernhard , last2=Visser , first2=Jelle , title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 , date=2000 , publisher=Palgrave Macmillan , location=Basingstoke , isbn=0333771125 , pages=463–465 By 1997, the union had 101,111 members, of whom 53% worked in commerce, 14% in culture, 7% in banking, 7% in insurance, 6% in business services, 5% in social services, 4% in public administration, 3% in paper and printing, and 1% in health. In 1998, the union merged with the Food Workers' Union, the Industrial Workers' Union, and the Transport Workers' Union, to form the Allied Union.

Presidents

:1981: Alessandro Fogarin :1988: Lodewijk de Waal :1992: Martin Spanjers

References

Clerical trade unions Trade unions established in 1981 Trade unions disestablished in 1998 Trade unions in the Netherlands