Commerce and Transport Union explained

The Commerce and Transport Union (German: Gewerkschaft Handel, Transport, Verkehr, HTV) was a trade union representing workers in the distribution industry in Austria.

The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation. By 1998, it had only 35,715 members.^[1] In 2006, it merged with the Railway Workers' Union and the Hotel, Catering and Personal Services Union, to form Vida.^[2]

Presidents

1945: Karl Weigl

1954: Wilhelm Svetelsky

1966: Johann Roposs

1978:

1986: Robert Zehenthofer

1990: Peter Schneider

References

1. Book: Ebbinghaus . Bernhard . Visser . Jelle . Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 . 2000 . Palgrave Macmillan . Basingstoke . 0333771125 . 97.
2. Web site: Eine Bewegung in Bewegung . Austrian Trade Union Federation . 16 January 2020.