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Member Unions of the DGB
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Member Unions of the DGB1
Name Organizing workers and employees in: Members
(2018/19)
EVG
Railway and Transport Union
• Railway companies 187,396
GdP
Police Union
• Police forces of all 16 German federal
states
• German Federal Police (Bundespolizei)
• Federal Criminal Police Office
(Bundeskriminalamt)
190,931
GEW
Union for Education and Science
• School teachers
• Preschool / nursery school / kindergarten
employees
• Scientific staff of universities
• Social workers
279,389
IG BAU
Industrial Union Construction,
Agriculture, Environment
• Construction
• Building materials industry
• Building cleaning
• Facility management
• Gardening
• Forestry
• Agriculture
247,182
IG BCE
Industrial Union Mining, Chemicals,
Energy
• Mining
• Chemical industry
• Glass and ceramic industry
• Pharmaceutical industry
• Leather industry and leather crafting
• Shoemaking
632,389
IG Metall
Industrial Union for Metalworkers
• Iron and steel industry
• Automotive industry
• Electrical engineering
• Woodworking industry and woodworking
crafts
• Automobile repair shops
2,270,595
NGG
Union for Food, Beverages,
Catering
• Food industry
• Beverage industry
• Tobacco industry
• Breweries
• Sugar industry
• Catering and restaurants
• Bakeries
• Butcher shops
198,026
ver.di
United Services Union
• Nearly all civil services and most of the
public sector
• Banks
• Insurance companies
• Trading
• Retail and wholesale
• Media and Arts
• Paper and printing industry
• Telecommunication and postal service
• Transport companies
• Churches and NGOs
• Hairdressers and many other services
1,969,043
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