Free German Trade Union Federation

Free German Trade Union Federation
Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund
PredecessorGeneral German Trade Union Federation
SuccessorGerman Trade Union Federation
Founded1946
Dissolved1990
Location
Members
9,600,000
PublicationTribüne
AffiliationsWFTU

The Free German Trade Union Federation (German: Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund or FDGB) was the sole national trade union centre of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) which existed from 1946 to 1990. As a mass organisation of the GDR, nominally representing all workers, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED).