Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft
The Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft EVG ("railway and transport union") is a German trade union with approximately 240,000 members.
It was founded on November 30, 2010 in Fulda as an unification of the existing unions Transnet (210,000 members) and GDBA (30,000 members), which collaborated since 2005.
The EVG ia a member of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB).
Like both Transnet and GDBA was also EVG is affiliated to the European branch of the International Transport Workers' Federation.
External links
- http://www.evg-online.org -- official page
- http://www.evg-online.org/EVG/wir/index_html/ -- about foundation (German)
- http://www.itfglobal.org/news-online/index.cfm/newsdetail/5433 -- about foundation (English)