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)