Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft is a German trade union based in Berlin, Germany. It was established in 2001 as the result of a merger of five individual unions and is a member of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB). With around two 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 13 divisions and is managed by a National Executive Board (Bundesvorstand) with 14 members. Frank Bsirske has been the chairman of Verdi ever since it was first founded until September 2019.
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.
Renate Schmidt is a German Social Democratic politician.
The Gewerkschaft der Polizei is a trade union in Germany. It represents 181,000 police employees, and is one of eight industrial affiliations of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB). The GdP is one of the three trade unions for police employees in Germany, the other two being the Deutsche Polizeigewerkschaft - affiliated with the German Civil Service Federation - and the Bund Deutscher Kriminalbeamter, which is exclusively for members of the Kriminalpolizei.
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.
T-Mobile Workers United (TU) is an organization of T-Mobile USA and Metro by T-Mobile employees joining together for a voice and fair treatment at work. It represents currently 500 members and is affiliated with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di), a large German service-sector union. TU is also supported by a coalition of community and labor groups around the world.
Hans Georg Wilhelm Bechly (1871–1954) was a German labor leader and trade unionist.
Heinz-Joachim Barchmann, also known as Achim Barchmann, is a German SPD politician and trade unionist. Heinz-Joachin Barchmann has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2009.
The Media Union was a trade union representing German workers in the printing, paper, journalism and arts.
The Public Services, Transport and Traffic Union was a trade union representing transport and public service workers in Germany.
The Arts Union was a trade union representing cultural workers in Germany.
The Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union was a German trade union representing agricultural and forestry workers.
The General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers was a trade union representing workers in various industries in Germany.
The Central Union of Employees was a trade union representing white collar, private sector workers in Germany.
The Union of Trade, Food and Luxuries was a trade union representing workers in various related industries in East Germany.
The Union of Healthcare was a trade union representing healthcare workers in East Germany.
Christian Götz was a German trade unionist and politician.
The Union of Commerce, Transport and Food was a trade union representing workers in various industries, particularly food processing, retail, hospitality and goods transport.
