Food, Beverages and Catering Union explained

NGG
Location Country:	Germany
Affiliation:	DGB
Members:	205,900 (2014)
Full Name:	Food, Beverages and Catering Union
Native Name:	Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten
Native Name Lang:	de
Founded:	1949
Predecessor:	Union of Food and Drink Workers
Headquarters:	Hamburg, Germany
Key People:	Franz-Josef Möllenberg, president
Website:	www.ngg.net

The Food, Beverages and Catering Union (de|Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten, NGG) is a trade union in Germany. It has a membership of 205,900 and is one of eight industrial affiliates of the German Confederation of Trade Unions.

Membership

Today, NGG mainly represents employees at major companies such as McDonald's, Nestlé and Unilever in Germany.^[1]

Presidents

1949: Gustav Pufal

1950: Ferdinand Warnecke

1951: Hans Nätscher

1962: Alfred Schattanik

1966: Herbert Stadelmaier

1978: Günter Döding

1989: Erich Herrmann

1990: Heinz-Günter Niebrügge

1992: Franz-Josef Möllenberg

2013: Michaela Rosenberger

2018: Guido Zeitler

Notable members

Olaf Scholz – First Mayor of Hamburg

References

Book: 2005 . Trade Unions of the World . ICTUR . International Centre for Trade Union Rights . etal . 6th . John Harper Publishing . London, UK . 0-9543811-5-7.

External links

www.ngg.net

Notes and References

Maria Sheahan (July 31, 2017), Unilever could axe up to 1,000 jobs in Germany: union Reuters.