General Education Union Explained

The General Education Union (nl|Algemene Onderwijsbond, AOb) is a trade union representing teachers, lecturers and support staff in education, in the Netherlands.

The union was founded on 1 January 1997, when the General Union of Education Personnel merged with Dutch Association of Teachers. It affiliated to the Federation of Dutch Trade Unions. By 1998, it had 72,206 members,^{[1] [2]} and in 2008, this had grown slightly, to 77,943.^[3]

At the start of 2020, the union absorbed Vawo, a union for university researchers.^[4]

Presidents

1997: Jacques Tichelaar

2002: Walter Dresscher

2015: Liesbeth Verheggen

2019: Eugenie Stolk

Notes and References

1. Book: Ebbinghaus . Bernhard . Visser . Jelle . Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 . 2000 . Palgrave Macmillan . Basingstoke . 0333771125 . 463 - 465.
2. Web site: Over de AOb . AOb . 6 November 2020.
3. Book: Breij . Bert . Twee miljoen leden . 2008 . Vakbondshistorische Vereniging . Amsterdam . 978 90 71562 06 8 . 235 . 22 October 2020.
4. Web site: AOb en Vawo gaan definitief samen . AOb . 6 November 2020.