The Industrial Workers' Union NVV (Dutch: Industriebond-NVV, IB-NVV) was a general union focused on workers in heavy industry in the Netherlands.
The union was founded on 1 January 1972, when the General Dutch Industrial Union of the Metal and Electronic Industries merged with the General Union of Miscellaneous Industries, and the General Industrial Union of Textiles and Clothing.[1] Like all its predecessors, it affiliated to the Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (NVV).[2]
By 1980, the union had 174,472 members, of whom 66% worked in the metal industry, 15% in chemicals, 6% in food production, 3% in ceramics and glass, 3% in paper and printing, 3% in textiles and clothing, 2% in personal services, and the remainder in other areas of manufacturing.[2] In December 1980, the union merged with the rival Industrial Workers' Union NKV, to form the Industrial Workers' Union.[3]
Presidents edit
- 1971: Arie Groenevelt
References edit
- ^ "Archief Algemene Bedrijfsgroepen Centrale". IISG. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
- ^ a b Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 463–465. ISBN 0333771125.
- ^ "First merger congress Industriebond FNV in Utrecht". Alamy Images. Retrieved 11 October 2020.