GDP, short for gross domestic product, is the basic measure of a country's overall economic output.
Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft is a German trade union based in Berlin, Germany. It was established on 19 March 2001 as the result of a merger of five individual unions and is a member of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB). With around 1.9 million members, Verdi is the second largest German trade union after IG Metall. It currently employs around 3000 members of staff in Germany and has an annual income of approximately 454 million Euros obtained from membership subscriptions. The trade union is divided into 10 federal state districts and five divisions and is managed by a National Executive Board (Bundesvorstand) with nine members. Frank Bsirske was the chairman of Verdi from its founding in 2001 until September 2019, when Frank Werneke was elected.
Landespolizei is a term used to refer to the state police of any of the states of Germany.
The German Trade Union Confederation is an umbrella organisation for eight German trade unions, in total representing more than 6 million people. It was founded in Munich, 12 October 1949.
The German Salaried Employees' Union, in German Deutsche Angestellten-Gewerkschaft (DAG) was an independent trade union based in Hamburg. It did not belong to the German Confederation of Trade Unions until it became part of ver.di, the united trade union for the services industry, in 2001.
The European Confederation of Police (EuroCOP) is the umbrella organization umbrella organisation for 30 police unions and staff organisations in Europe. Representing the interests of over 250,000 police officers in 25 European countries, it was founded in 2002 at a conference in Roskilde, Denmark, emerging from the Union Internationale des Syndicats de Police (UISP), which had existed since 1953. It was created in order to enable further organizations, particularly ones from the United Kingdom, to join. The union's headquarters is in Luxembourg.
Trade unions in Germany have a history reaching back to the German revolution in 1848, and still play an important role in the German economy and society.
The Trade Union International Public Service and Allied is a section of the World Federation of Trade Unions representing public sector workers.
Lothar Lindner is a former German trade union leader. He was chairman of the central committee of the building and timber industry union in the East German Free German Trade Union Federation and President of the International Federation of Unions in the building, timber and building materials industries in the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU).
The German Police Trade Union is a trade union in Germany. Representing 94,000 police employees, it is the second largest union for police employees in Germany, following the Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GdP). It is affiliated with the German Civil Service Federation.
The Union of Railway Employees was a trade union representing railway workers in Austria.
The Chemical Workers' Union was a trade union representing workers in the chemical industry in Austria.
The Union of Municipal Employees was a trade union representing local authority workers in Austria.
The General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers was a trade union representing workers in various industries in Germany.
A police union is a trade union for police officers. Police unions formed later than most other occupations, reflecting both a conservative tendency and relatively superior working conditions. The first police unions formed in the United States. Shortly after World War I, the rising cost of living, wage reductions, concerns over amount of rest and growing dissatisfaction among rank and file police officers led to a number of police strikes from 1918-1923 and the formation of police unions globally.
The Central Union of Employees was a trade union representing white collar, private sector workers in Germany.
The Union of Land, Food and Forests was a trade union representing workers in various related industries in East Germany.
The Union of Communication was a trade union representing workers in the communication sector in Switzerland.
The Federal Staff Association is a trade union representing civil servants in Switzerland.
