Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union (Austria) explained

The Hotel and Restaurant Workers' Union (German: Gewerkschaft Gastgewerblicher Arbeiter, GGA) was a trade union representing hospitality workers in Austria.

The union was founded by the Austrian Trade Union Federation in 1945. By 1977, it had 21,484 members. The following year, it merged with the Personal Service Workers' Union, to form the Hotel, Catering and Personal Services Union.[1] [2]

Presidents

1945: Karl Komenda

1955: Ferdinand Nothelfer

1956: Fritz Sailer

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.