United Services Trade Union | |
Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft - ver.di | |
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| Founded | 19 March 2001 |
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| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
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Members | 1.9 million |
Key people | Frank Werneke, president |
| Affiliations | DGB |
| Website | www.verdi.de |
Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (Verdi (stylized as ver.di; [ˈvɛʁdiː]); English: United Services Trade Union) is a German trade union based in Berlin, Germany. It was established on 19 March 2001 as the result of a merger of five individual unions and is a member of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB). With around 1.9 million members, Verdi is the second largest German trade union after IG Metall.[1] It currently employs around 3000 members of staff in Germany and has an annual income of approximately 454 million Euros obtained from membership subscriptions.[2] The trade union is divided into 10 federal state districts and five divisions and is managed by a National Executive Board (Bundesvorstand) with nine members. Frank Bsirske was the chairman of Verdi from its founding in 2001 until September 2019, when Frank Werneke was elected.[3]
- ^ Bert Losse (12 March 2015). "DGB: Gewerkschaften wildern im Revier der Kollegen". WirtschaftsWoche (in German). Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- ^ Die Welt vom 19. Januar 2016.
- ^ "Frank Werneke". ver.di (in German). Retrieved 19 March 2021.