Trade Unions

DGB and Affiliates

• DGB - German Confederation of Trade Unions (En)

• EVG - Railway and Transport Union

• GdP - police union

• GEW - education and science workers' union

• IG BAU - Building, Agricultural and Environmental Union

• IG BCE - mining, chemicals and energy workers' union

• IG Metall - German Metalworkers Trade Union (En)

• NGG - food, beverages and catering workers' union

• TRANSNET - rail workers' union

• Ver.di - Unified Service Sector Union

CGB and Affiliates

• ADM – Arbeitnehmerverband dt. Milchkontroll- und Tierzuchtbediensteter

• CGB - Christian Federation of Trade Unions

• CGBCE - Christain chemicals and energy workers' union

• CGDE - Christian railworkers' union

• CGM - Christian metalworkers' union

• CGPT - Christian posts and telecoms workers' union

• contterm - Fachgewerkschaft Deutsche Seehäfen

• DHV - Christian white-collar workers in trade and industry

• GKH – Gewerkschaft für Kunststoffgewerbe und Holzverarbeitung im CGB

• GÖD - Christian public service workers' union (Bayern region)

• KFG - Christian drivers' union

• medonset – Health Trade Union

• VkdL - Catholic teachers' union

DBB and linked Organizations

• DBB - civil servants union confederation

• BDF - civil service public forestry workers' union

• BDR - judicial administrators' union

• BLBS - vocational school teachers' union

• DJG - courts staff union

• KOMBA - local government workers' union

• DPVKOM - civil service communication workers' union

• DPolG - police union

• DSTG - tax staff union

• VBE - education and science workers' union

• VDL - civil service food, agriculture and envionment workers' union

• VLW - economics schools teachers

• Tarifunion - bargaining combine of public service unions

ULA and linked Organizations

• ULA - Confederation of Executives in German Industry (En)

• Forum Fach- und Führungskräfte e.V.

• VAA - chemicals executives union

• VGA – Bundesverband Assekuranzführungskräfte

• KDF – Kreis Deutschsprachiger Führungskräfte

• bvhd – Bundesverband der Verwaltungsbeamten des höheren Dienstes in Deutschland

• VWMA – Führungskräfte des VW-Konzerns

• VDL - food and agriculture executives' union

• VGA - insurance executives' union

Other Union Organizations

• Marburger Bund - doctors' union

• FAU/IAA - anarcho-syndicalist union

Employers

BDA and Affiliates

• BDA- Confederation of German Employers' Associations (En)

• AGV - insurance employers

• AGV - housing employers

• AGVStahl - steel industry employers

• BDVZ - newspaper publishing employers

• BVD - German Printing Industry Federation (En)

• BZA - temporary work agency employers (En)

• DEBRIV - brown coal (lignite) employers

• DEHOGA - German Hotels and Restaurants Association (En)

• Deutsche Bühnenverein - theatre employers

• DSSV - fitness and sport centre employers

• GDLFA - farming employers

• Gesamtmetall - metalworking and electrical industry employers (En)

• Gesamtverband Textil+Mode - textiles employers

• HDB - construction employers

• HDE - retail employers

• HDH - wood and plastics employers

• HDS - Federation of the German Shoe Industry

• Bundesverband Deutscher Baustoff-Fachhandel e.V.

• VAP - paper industry employers

• VDS - sawmill industry employers

• Verband Bergbau, Geologie und Umwelt e.V.

Other Employer Organizations

• BDI - Confederation of German Industry

• ZDH - Central Association of German Crafts

• DIHK - Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (En)

Government

• Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

• Ministry of Economics

Other Links

• Federal Labour Institute

• IAB - Institute for Employment Research (En)

• Federal Statistical Office (EN)

• Cologne Institute for Economic Research

• WSI - Institute for Economics and Social Science (En)

• Hans-Böckler-Stiftung - DGB-linked research centre (En)

• IMK – Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung

• Forum Arbeit - DGB-linked site on labour issues

• DGUV - German Social Accident Insurance (En)