The Textile and Clothing Union (, GTB) was a West German trade union representing textile and clothing workers. The union was founded in 1949, and affiliated to the

German Trade Union Confederation The German Trade Union Confederation (; DGB) is an umbrella organisation (sometimes known as a national trade union center) for eight German trade unions, in total representing more than 6 million people (31 December 2011). It was founded ...

. Its membership steadily declined, and by 1997, it had 183,349 members. The following year, it merged into

IG Metall IG Metall (; IGM; German: , "Industrial Union of Metalworkers'") is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany, making it the country's largest union as well as Europe's largest industrial union. Analysts of German labor relations consider i ...

Presidents

:1949: Werner Bock :1963: Karl Buschmann :1978: Berthold Keller :1990: Willi Arens

References

{{Authority control German Trade Union Confederation Textile and clothing trade unions Trade unions established in 1949 Trade unions disestablished in 1998