Commerce and Transport Union

The Commerce and Transport Union (German: Gewerkschaft Handel, Transport, Verkehr, HTV) was a trade union representing workers in the distribution industry in Austria.

The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation. By 1998, it had only 35,715 members.^[1] In 2006, it merged with the Railway Workers' Union and the Hotel, Catering and Personal Services Union, to form Vida.^[2]

Presidents

1945: Karl Weigl

1954: Wilhelm Svetelsky

1966: Johann Roposs

1978:

1986: Robert Zehenthofer

1990: Peter Schneider

References

^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 97. ISBN 0333771125.
^ "Eine Bewegung in Bewegung". Austrian Trade Union Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

[ebbinghaus-1] Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 97. ISBN 0333771125.

[2] "Eine Bewegung in Bewegung". Austrian Trade Union Federation. Retrieved 16 January 2020.

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