Social Democratic Business Association

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The Austrian Social Democratic Business Association ( SWV ) sees itself as representing the interests of entrepreneurs, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and one-person companies (EPU) in Austria . It is regarded as the SPÖ - apron organization or specialist organization and is largely responsible for the SPÖ's economic program.

history

The association was founded in Vienna in 1897 , at that time still as an association of social democratic traders . In 1906 this merged with a few other associations to form the Reichsverein der Gewerbetreibender und Kaufmen (Reichs Association of Traders and Merchants ), which after the end of the monarchy was renamed the Association of Social Democratic Traders and Merchants . The association was banned from 1934-1945 ( corporate state , National Socialism). Around 1946 it was renamed to the Free Trade Association and in 2004 to its current name.

Today's president is the former Christoph Matznetter , he is also vice-president of the WKÖ and was economic spokesman for the SPÖ .

The largest regional organization is Vienna, and there is also the “young business association” in which young entrepreneurs are involved. Its chairman is Katharina Schinner .

National organizations

Surname president Managing directors Website
SWV Vienna Fritz Strobl Katharina Schinner http://www.swv.org
SWV Lower Austria Thomas Damage Gerd Boehm http://www.wirtschaftsverband-niederoesterreich.at/
SWV Upper Austria Doris Margreiter Helmut Mitter http://www.wirtschaftsverband-oberoesterreich.at
SWV Salzburg Peter Moerwald Hermann Wielander http://www.salzburgerwirtschaftsverband.at/
SWV Styria Karlheinz Winkler Ernst Lenz https://www.wirtschaftsverband-steiermark.org/
SWV Carinthia Alfred Trey Horst Kandutsch http://www.wirtschaftsverband-ktn.at
SWV Burgenland Oswald Hackl Marion Meixner http://www.wirtschaftsverband-burgenland.at
SWV Tirol Michael Kirchmair Dora Sellner http://www.wirtschaftsverband-tirol.at
SWV Vorarlberg Christian Vogel nn nn

Chamber of Commerce elections

In the Chamber of Commerce elections, for which the SWV regularly competes, in 2005 it achieved the best result nationwide in the history of the SWV with 13.1%. In Vienna, the SWV gained 30.1% in 2005 and, with Fritz Strobl, is the vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Social Democratic Party of Austria, SPÖ. In: aeiou.at. Retrieved September 21, 2015 .
  2. ^ Free trade association in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  3. ↑ Social Democratic Business Association. In: dasrotewien.at - Web dictionary of the Viennese social democracy. SPÖ Vienna (Ed.)
  4. ↑ APA OTS of the SPÖ: "Matznetter: Government meeting brings boost to the competitiveness of the domestic EPU"
  5. ^ SPÖ Vorarlberg: "SWV Vorarlberg has a new management team"