Germany
Employers BDA and Affiliates
- BDA- Confederation of German Employers' Associations (En)
- AGV - insurance employers
- AGV - housing employers
- AGVStahl - steel industry employers
- BAG - large and medium-sized retail employers
- BBI - clothing industry employers
- BDVZ - newspaper publishing employers
- BVD - German Printing Industry Federation (En)
- BZA - temporary work agency employers (En)
- DEBRIV - brown coal (lignite) employers
- DEHOGA - German Hotels and Restaurants Association (En)
- Deutsche Bühnenverein - theatre employers
- DSSV - fitness and sport centre employers
- GDLFA - farming employers
- Gesamtmetall - metalworking and electrical industry employers (En)
- Gesamttextil - textiles employers
- HDB - construction employers
- HDE - retail employers
- HDH - wood and plastics employers
- HDS - Federation of the German Shoe Industry (En)
- S+E - building materials employers
- UVGruppe - social services and training employers
- VAP - paper industry employers
- VDS - sawmill industry employers
- WV Bergbau - German Mining Association (En)
Other Organisations
- BDI - Confederation of German Industry
- ZDH - Central Association of German Crafts
- DIHT - German Association of Chambers of Commerce
Trade Unions DGB and Affiliates
- DGB - German Confederation of Trade Unions
- GdP - police union
- GEW - education and science workers' union
- IG BAU - building, agricultural and environmental union
- IG BCE - mining, chemicals and energy workers' union
- IG Metall - German Metalworkers Trade Union (En)
- NGG - food, beverages and catering workers' union
- TRANSNET - rail workers' union
- Ver.di - Unified Service Sector Union
CGB and Affiliates
- CGB - Christian Federation of Trade Unions
- CGBCE - Christain chemicals and energy workers' union
- CGD - Christian trade union
- CGDE - Christian railworkers' union
- CGM - Christian metalworkers' union
- CGPT - Christian posts and telecoms workers' union
- DHV - Christian white-collar workers in trade and industry
- GÖD - Christian public service workers' union (Bayern region)
- KFG - Christian drivers' union
- VDT - Christian technical workers' union
- VkdL - Catholic teachers' union
DBB and linked Organisations
- DBB - civil servants union confederation
- BDF - civil service public forestry workers' union
- BDR - judicial administrators' union
- BLBS - vocational school teachers' union
- DJG - courts staff union
- KOMBA - local government workers' union
- DPVKOM - civil service communication workers' union
- DPolG - police union
- DSTG - tax staff union
- VBE - education and science workers' union
- VDL - civil service food, agriculture and envionment workers' union
- VLW - economics schools teachers
- Tarifunion - bargaining combine of public service unions
ULA and linked Organisations
- ULA - Confederation of Executives in German Industry (En)
- VAA - chemicals executives union
- VAF -salaried executives' union
- VDF - mining, energy and environment executives' union
- VDL - food and agriculture executives' union
- VGA - insurance executives' union
Other Union Organisations
Government
Other Links
- Federal Labour Institute
- IAB - Institute for Employment Research (En)
- Federal Statistical Office (EN)
- Cologne Institute for Economic Research (EIRO national centre)
- WSI - Institute for Economics and Social Science (En) (EIRO national centre)
- Hans-Böckler-Stiftung - DGB-linked research centre (En)
- Forum Arbeit - DGB-linked site on labour issues
- HVBG - Central federation of Berufsgenossenschaften (institutions responsible for statutory accident insurance (En)
- SCADPlus guide to employment conditions in Germany (En)
Page last updated: 01 September, 2011