NVV Merged into FNV Founded 1906 Dissolved 1982 Location
The Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (Dutch : Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen , NVV) was a Dutch social-democratic trade union .
History
The NVV was founded in 1906 as a merger of fifteen smaller unions, as a result of the inability of the previous unions to control the radical elements of the workers movement in the railworkers' strike of 1903. The NVV was led by Henri Polak , who was a prominent member of the socialist Social Democratic Workers' Party .
During World War II the NVV was taken over by the German occupiers, its Dutch leader was Henk Woudenberg. Under the German occupation the NVV was transformed into a Nazi union. After the war these influences were purged and the NVV cooperated tightly with the centre left government to create a welfare state based on the principles of corporatism .
In the 1970s NVV membership began to decline due to depillarisation . Under the leadership of Wim Kok the NVV attempted to form a federation with the Protestant Christian National Trade Union Federation (CNV) and the Catholic Dutch Catholic Trade Union Federation (NKV) which could strengthen all three. The CNV, however, left the talks in 1973. In 1976 the NVV and the NKV merged to form the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV).
Ideology
The NVV started out as a socialist union, in favour of class struggle , workers' ownership of the means of production, and the use of strikes . After the second world war it began to moderate its tone, becoming, social-democratic and cooperating in the creation of a welfare state and a corporatist economy .
Organization
The NVV has close formal, ideological and personal links with the socialist Social Democratic Workers' Party and later with the social-democratic PvdA. Together with the socialist VARA and several other organizations they formed the socialist pillar .
Presidents
1906: Henri Polak
1909: Jan Oudegeest
1919: Roel Stenhuis
1929: Evert Kupers
1940: Henk Woudenberg
1942: Vacant
1945: Evert Kupers
1949: Henk Oosterhuis
1956: Kees van Wingerden
1959: Derk Roemers
1965: André Kloos
1971: Harry ter Heide
1972: Wim Kok
Affiliates
Union
Abbreviation
Founded
Left
Reason not a member[ 1]
Membership (1921)[ 2]
Membership (1964)[ 3]
Association of Captains and Officers of the Merchant Navy
VKO
1970
Merged into FMV
N/A
Central Dutch Union of Civil Servants CNAB
1919
1946
Merged into ABVA
10,122
N/A
Central Organisation of Merchant Navy Officers
CKO
1922
1955
Merged into CKV
N/A N/A
Central Organisation of Sailors and Fishermen CKV
1956
1967
Merged into FWZ
N/A 10,818
Central Union of Transport Workers CBT
1917
1955
Merged into NBV
20,550
N/A
Dutch Barbers' and Hairdressers' Union
1891
1947
Merged into ANBH
266
N/A
Dutch Litho-, Photo- and Chemographers' Union NLFCB
1912
1945
Merged into ANGB
1,536
N/A
Dutch Painters' Assistants' Union NSGB
1905
1941
Merged into ANB
6,076
N/A
Dutch Musical Artists' Union NTB
1919
1963
Disaffiliated
513
N/A
Dutch Police Union NPB
1946
1981
Transferred to FNV
N/A 7,049
Dutch Union of Glass and Pottery Workers
NVvGA
1907
1926
Merged into ABC
2,670
N/A
Dutch Union of Hotel, Restaurant and Cafe Workers NBHCR
1919
1981
Transferred to FNV
3,240
6,208
Dutch Union of Insurance Agents and Collectors
ANBVZI
1919
1947
Merged into Mercurius
N/A N/A
Dutch Union of Personnel in Government Service NBPO
1920
1946
Merged into ABVA
15,233
N/A
Dutch Association of Railway and Tramway Employees NV
1886
1955
Merged into NBV
20,784
N/A
Dutch Union of Workers in Meat and Related Industries
1948
Merged into ABVG
1,219
N/A
Federation of Maritime Workers FWZ
1967
1981
Transferred to FNV
N/A N/A
General Diamond Workers' Union of the Netherlands ANDB
1894
1958
Merged into ANMB
9,543
N/A
General Dutch Construction Union ANB
1920
1970
Merged into ANBH
18,885
76,400
General Dutch Industrial Union of Agriculture ANAB
1909
1970
Merged into AVB
13,521
32,114
General Dutch Industrial Union of the Mining Industry ANBM
1909
1970
Merged into ABC
2,870
2,002
General Dutch Industrial Union of the Tobacco Industry ANBTI
1887
1969
Merged into ABC
7,552
2,422
General Dutch Metalworkers' Union ANMB
1886
1972
Merged into IB-NVV
21,048
107,478
General Dutch Pavers' Union
1915
Merged into ANB
670
N/A
General Dutch Plasterers' Union
ANSB
1903
1941
Merged into ANB
1,300
N/A
General Dutch Printing Union ANGB
1945
1981
Transferred to FNV
N/A 29,097
General Dutch Typographers' Union ANTB
1866
1945
Merged into ANGB
10,538
N/A
General Dutch Union of Domestic Workers ANBH
1930
1954
Merged into ABC
514
N/A
General Dutch Union of the Building and Wood Industries ANBH
1970
1981
Merged into BHB
N/A N/A
General Dutch Union of Trade and Office Workers ANBHK
1905
1940
Merged into Mercurius
4,932
N/A
General Union of the Food and Stimulant Industries ABVG
1948
1970
Merged into AVB
N/A 12,956
General Dutch Union of Workers in the Baking, Chocolate and Sugar Working Industries 1908
1948
Merged into ABVG
5,122
N/A
General Industrial Union of Furniture Makers and Woodworkers ABMH
1871
1970
Merged into ANBH
5,760
9,347
General Industrial Union of Textiles and Clothing ABTK
1895
1972
Merged into IB-NVV
6,009
18,444
General Union of Artists
1964
1981
Transferred to FNV
N/A 386
General Union of Civil Servants ABVA
1946
1980
Merged into ABVA-KABO
N/A 87,190
General Union of Education Personnel ABOP
1966
1981
Transferred to FNV
N/A N/A
General Union of Miscellaneous Industries ABC
1907
1972
Merged into IB-NVV
17,449
46,161
General Union of Pharmaceutical Assistants
AAAB
1890
1980
Transferred to FNV
N/A 1,006
Industrial Union of Agriculture and Food AVB
1970
1981
Merged into VOEB
N/A N/A
Industrial Workers' Union NVV IB-NVV
1972
1981
Merged into IB
N/A N/A
Navvies' Union
Merged into ANB
2,221
N/A
Mercurius Mercurius
1940
1981
Merged into DIBO
N/A 31,030
Dutch Transport Workers' Union NBV
1956
1982
Merged into VB
N/A 45,534
Union of the Clothing Industry
1901
1942
Merged into ABTK
5,803
N/A
Union of Dental Technicians
N/A N/A
Union of Dutch Captains and Mates in the Merchant Navy
VNGSK
1901
1922
Merged into CKO
N/A
Union of Dutch Teachers BNO
1874
1946
Merged into NOV
N/A N/A
Union of Foremen and Technical and Supervisory Personnel
665
N/A
Union of Marine Engineers
VVS
1913
1922
Merged into CKO
N/A
Union of the Merchant Navy
N/A
References
^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 463–467. ISBN 0333771125 ^ "Aantal leden per Provincie per 1 Januari 1921" . Het NVV in 1920 : 28. 1921. Retrieved 22 October 2020 .^ Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe . Vol. 2. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1965. p. 20.1–20.9.
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