Danish EL-Federation

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The Danish EL-Federation (Danish : Dansk El Forbund, DEF) is a trade union representing electricians and technicians in Denmark.

The union was founded 1 January 1904 as the Danish Union of Electricians, [1] and affiliated to the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions (LO). By 1997, half of its members worked in construction, 30% in the metal industry, and most of the remainder in utilities and public administration. [2]

By 2018, the union had 22,808 members. [3] Since 2019, it has been affiliated to the Danish Trade Union Confederation, the successor of the LO. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Forbundets historie". Dansk El-Forbund. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 177. ISBN   0333771125.
  3. ↑ "Members per 31.12 by sex, member of organisation and time". Statistics Denmark. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Hvem er FH's medlemmer?". FH. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
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