Chemical Workers' Union (Austria)

The Chemical Workers' Union (German: Gewerkschaft der Chemiearbeiter, GdC) was a trade union representing workers in the chemical industry in Austria.

The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation. By 1998, it had 37,941 members.[1] In 2009, it merged with the Metal-Textile-Food Union, to form PRO-GE.[2]

Presidents
1945: Robert Pipelka
1949: Eduard Schwab
1962: Georg Grossauer
1975: Wilhelm Hrdlitschka
Josef Eder
2001: Wilhelm Beck

References
  1. Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 96. ISBN 0333771125.
  2. "Eine Bewegung in Bewegung". Austrian Trade Union Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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