Catholic Union of Commercial Employees

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The Catholic Union of Commercial Employees (Dutch: Katholieke Bond van Personeel in de Handel, KBPH) was a trade union representing white collar workers in the Netherlands.

The union was founded in 1963, when the Dutch Catholic Union of Administrative, Selling and Insurance Personnel was split up. Like its predecessor, it affiliated to the Dutch Catholic Trade Union Federation.[1] By 1964, it had 9,537 members.[2]

In 1975, the union changed its name to the Services Union NKV, and the following year, it formed a federation with the rival Mercurius.[3] The two unions merged completely in 1981, forming the Services Union.[1]

Presidents edit

1963: Piet Kafoe

References edit

  1. ^ a b Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 468–470. ISBN 0333771125.
  2. ^ Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe. Vol. 2. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1965. p. 20.10–20.17.
  3. ^ Grootings, Peter (1975). Industrial Conflict in the Netherlands, 1969-1974. Sociologisch Instituut van de Katholieke Universiteit. pp. 27, 33.