General Industrial Union of Textiles and Clothing

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The General Industrial Union of Textiles and Clothing (Dutch : Algemene Bedrijfsbond Textiel en Kleding, ABTK), also known as De Eendracht, was a trade union representing workers in the textile and garment industries in the Netherlands.

The union was founded in 1895, as the General Dutch Weavers' and Spinners' Union, becoming the General Dutch Union of Textile Workers soon afterwards. It absorbed the National Cotton Workers' Union, known as "De Eendracht", in 1904, while in 1906, it was a founding affiliate of the Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions.^[1]^[2]

During World War II, the union was controlled by the occupying Nazis, who enforced a merger between it and the Union of the Clothing Industry. After the war, it returned to social democratic control, but the merger was retained, under the name General Union of Workers in Textile and Clothing Companies. It adopted its final name in 1952.^[1]

By 1970, the union had 15,326 members. On 1 January 1972, it merged with the General Dutch Industrial Union of the Metal and Electronic Industries and the General Union of Miscellaneous Industries, forming the Industrial Workers' Union NVV.^[1]^[3]

Presidents

1920: Gerrit Rengelink

1930s: Bart van Pelt

1945: Tonnis van der Heeg

1949:

1955: Theo de Jong

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References

1 2 3 "Archief Algemene Nederlandse Bond van Textielarbeiders 'De Eendracht'. Afdeling Winterswijk". International Institute of Social History. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
↑ "BRINKHUIS, Johannes". BWSA. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
↑ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 463–465. ISBN 0333771125.

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[archives-1] 1 2 3 "Archief Algemene Nederlandse Bond van Textielarbeiders 'De Eendracht'. Afdeling Winterswijk". International Institute of Social History. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[2] "BRINKHUIS, Johannes". BWSA. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[ebbinghaus-3] Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 463–465. ISBN 0333771125.

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