Trade union
A trade union or branch union is a union that feels responsible exclusively for a certain professional group. As a rule, unions otherwise cover all professional groups in certain industries ( industry principle ). Some trade unions represent functional elites .
Examples:
- Marburger Bund (doctors)
- Cockpit Association (pilots)
- Independent flight attendant organization
- Association of Contract Football Players
- Association of German Foresters
- Deutsche Orchestervereinigung eV (professional musician)
- Union of German Locomotive Drivers (GDL)
- Social Security Union
- Motorists Union
- Association of German Road Guards
Web links
- FAZ: Law expected after the 2013 Bundestag election: collective bargaining unit should pacify trade unions (September 16, 2013)