The Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union (German: Gewerkschaft Gartenbau, Land- und Forstwirtschaft, GGLF) was a West German trade union representing agricultural and forestry workers.
Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union | |
Gewerkschaft Gartenbau, Land- und Forstwirtschaft | |
| Merged into | IG BAU |
|---|---|
| Founded | July 1949 |
| Dissolved | 1996 |
Members | 90,281 |
| Affiliations | DGB |
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
edit- 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 309. ISBN 0333771125.