Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union

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

GGLF
Full nameHorticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union
Native nameGewerkschaft Gartenbau, Land- und Forstwirtschaft
FoundedJuly 1949
Date dissolved1996
Merged intoIG BAU
Members90,281
AffiliationDGB

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

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.
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