Chemical Workers' Union (Austria) Explained

The Chemical Workers' Union (de|Gewerkschaft der Chemiearbeiter, GdC) was a trade union representing workers in the chemical industry in Austria.

The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation. By 1998, it had 37,941 members.^[1] In 2009, it merged with the Metal-Textile-Food Union, to form PRO-GE.^[2]

Presidents

1945: Robert Pipelka

1949: Eduard Schwab

1962: Georg Grossauer

1975: Wilhelm Hrdlitschka

Josef Eder

2001: Wilhelm Beck

References

1. Book: Ebbinghaus . Bernhard . Visser . Jelle . Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 . 2000 . Palgrave Macmillan . Basingstoke . 0333771125 . 96.
2. Web site: Eine Bewegung in Bewegung . Austrian Trade Union Federation . 16 January 2020.