| NVV | |
| Location Country: | Netherlands |
| Full Name: | Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions |
| Native Name: | Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen |
| Founded: | 1906 |
| Dissolved: | 1982 |
| Merged: | FNV |
The Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (Dutch; Flemish: Nederlands Verbond van Vakverenigingen, NVV) was a Dutch social-democratic trade union.
The NVV was founded in 1906 as a merger of fifteen smaller unions, as a result of the inability of the previous unions to control the radical elements of the workers movement in the railworkers' strike of 1903. The NVV was led by Henri Polak, who was a prominent member of the socialist Social Democratic Workers' Party.
During World War II the NVV was taken over by the German occupiers, its Dutch leader was Henk Woudenberg. Under the German occupation the NVV was transformed into a Nazi union. After the war these influences were purged and the NVV cooperated tightly with the centre left government to create a welfare state based on the principles of corporatism.
In the 1970s NVV membership began to decline due to depillarisation. Under the leadership of Wim Kok the NVV attempted to form a federation with the Protestant Christian National Trade Union Federation (CNV) and the Catholic Dutch Catholic Trade Union Federation (NKV) which could strengthen all three. The CNV, however, left the talks in 1973. In 1976 the NVV and the NKV merged to form the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions (FNV).
The NVV started out as a socialist union, in favour of class struggle, workers' ownership of the means of production, and the use of strikes. After the second world war it began to moderate its tone, becoming, social-democratic and cooperating in the creation of a welfare state and a corporatist economy.
The NVV has close formal, ideological and personal links with the socialist Social Democratic Workers' Party and later with the social-democratic PvdA. Together with the socialist VARA and several other organizations they formed the socialist pillar.
1906: Henri Polak
1909: Jan Oudegeest
1919: Roel Stenhuis
1929: Evert Kupers
1940: Henk Woudenberg
1942: Vacant
1945: Evert Kupers
1949: Henk Oosterhuis
1956: Kees van Wingerden
1959: Derk Roemers
1965: André Kloos
1971: Harry ter Heide
1972: Wim Kok
| Union | Abbreviation | Founded | Left | Reason not a member[1] | Membership (1921)[2] | Membership (1964)[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association of Captains and Officers of the Merchant Navy | VKO | 1970 | Merged into FMV | N/A | |||
| CNAB | 1919 | 1946 | Merged into ABVA | 10,122 | N/A | ||
| Central Organisation of Merchant Navy Officers | CKO | 1922 | 1955 | Merged into CKV | N/A | N/A | |
| CKV | 1956 | 1967 | Merged into FWZ | N/A | 10,818 | ||
| CBT | 1917 | 1955 | Merged into NBV | 20,550 | N/A | ||
| Dutch Barbers' and Hairdressers' Union | 1891 | 1947 | Merged into ANBH | 266 | N/A | ||
| NLFCB | 1912 | 1945 | Merged into ANGB | 1,536 | N/A | ||
| NSGB | 1905 | 1941 | Merged into ANB | 6,076 | N/A | ||
| NTB | 1919 | 1963 | Disaffiliated | 513 | N/A | ||
| NPB | 1946 | 1981 | Transferred to FNV | N/A | 7,049 | ||
| Dutch Union of Glass and Pottery Workers | NVvGA | 1907 | 1926 | Merged into ABC | 2,670 | N/A | |
| NBHCR | 1919 | 1981 | Transferred to FNV | 3,240 | 6,208 | ||
| Dutch Union of Insurance Agents and Collectors | ANBVZI | 1919 | 1947 | Merged into Mercurius | N/A | N/A | |
| NBPO | 1920 | 1946 | Merged into ABVA | 15,233 | N/A | ||
| NV | 1886 | 1955 | Merged into NBV | 20,784 | N/A | ||
| Dutch Union of Workers in Meat and Related Industries | 1948 | Merged into ABVG | 1,219 | N/A | |||
| FWZ | 1967 | 1981 | Transferred to FNV | N/A | N/A | ||
| ANDB | 1894 | 1958 | Merged into ANMB | 9,543 | N/A | ||
| ANB | 1920 | 1970 | Merged into ANBH | 18,885 | 76,400 | ||
| ANAB | 1909 | 1970 | Merged into AVB | 13,521 | 32,114 | ||
| ANBM | 1909 | 1970 | Merged into ABC | 2,870 | 2,002 | ||
| ANBTI | 1887 | 1969 | Merged into ABC | 7,552 | 2,422 | ||
| ANMB | 1886 | 1972 | Merged into IB-NVV | 21,048 | 107,478 | ||
| General Dutch Pavers' Union | 1915 | Merged into ANB | 670 | N/A | |||
| General Dutch Plasterers' Union | ANSB | 1903 | 1941 | Merged into ANB | 1,300 | N/A | |
| ANGB | 1945 | 1981 | Transferred to FNV | N/A | 29,097 | ||
| ANTB | 1866 | 1945 | Merged into ANGB | 10,538 | N/A | ||
| ANBH | 1930 | 1954 | Merged into ABC | 514 | N/A | ||
| ANBH | 1970 | 1981 | Merged into BHB | N/A | N/A | ||
| ANBHK | 1905 | 1940 | Merged into Mercurius | 4,932 | N/A | ||
| ABVG | 1948 | 1970 | Merged into AVB | N/A | 12,956 | ||
| 1908 | 1948 | Merged into ABVG | 5,122 | N/A | |||
| ABMH | 1871 | 1970 | Merged into ANBH | 5,760 | 9,347 | ||
| ABTK | 1895 | 1972 | Merged into IB-NVV | 6,009 | 18,444 | ||
| General Union of Artists | 1964 | 1981 | Transferred to FNV | N/A | 386 | ||
| ABVA | 1946 | 1980 | Merged into ABVA-KABO | N/A | 87,190 | ||
| ABOP | 1966 | 1981 | Transferred to FNV | N/A | N/A | ||
| ABC | 1907 | 1972 | Merged into IB-NVV | 17,449 | 46,161 | ||
| General Union of Pharmaceutical Assistants | AAAB | 1890 | 1980 | Transferred to FNV | N/A | 1,006 | |
| AVB | 1970 | 1981 | Merged into VOEB | N/A | N/A | ||
| IB-NVV | 1972 | 1981 | Merged into IB | N/A | N/A | ||
| Navvies' Union | Merged into ANB | 2,221 | N/A | ||||
| Mercurius | 1940 | 1981 | Merged into DIBO | N/A | 31,030 | ||
| NBV | 1956 | 1982 | Merged into VB | N/A | 45,534 | ||
| Union of the Clothing Industry | 1901 | 1942 | Merged into ABTK | 5,803 | N/A | ||
| Union of Dental Technicians | N/A | N/A | |||||
| Union of Dutch Captains and Mates in the Merchant Navy | VNGSK | 1901 | 1922 | Merged into CKO | N/A | ||
| BNO | 1874 | 1946 | Merged into NOV | N/A | N/A | ||
| Union of Foremen and Technical and Supervisory Personnel | 665 | N/A | |||||
| Union of Marine Engineers | VVS | 1913 | 1922 | Merged into CKO | N/A | ||
| Union of the Merchant Navy | N/A |