Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union

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GGLF
Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union
Gewerkschaft Gartenbau, Land- und Forstwirtschaft
Merged into IG BAU
FoundedJuly 1949
Dissolved1996
Members
90,281
Affiliations DGB

The Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union (German : Gewerkschaft Gartenbau, Land- und Forstwirtschaft, GGLF) was a West German trade union representing agricultural and forestry workers.

The union was founded in July 1949, and was a founding member of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) in October of that same year. [1] In 1995 the GGLF claimed 90,281 members and in 1996 the union merged with the Building and Construction Union to form IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG BAU). [2]

Presidents

1949: Friedrich Greve
1956: Heinz Frehsee
1959: Hellmut Schmalz
1968: Alfons Lappas
1969: Alois Pfeiffer
1975: Willi Lojewski
1987: Günther Lappas
1993: Hans-Joachim Wilms

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References

  1. Silvia, Stephen J. (2013). Holding the Shop Together: German Industrial Relations in the Postwar Era. Cornell University Press. pp. 112–114. ISBN   978-0-8014-6966-4.
  2. Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 309. ISBN   0333771125.