Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers explained

Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers (de|Gewerkschaft für Post- und Fernmeldebedienstete, GPF) is a trade union representing communication workers in Austria.

The union was founded in 1945 by the Austrian Trade Union Federation. By 1998, it had 78,436 members.^[1] Historically, almost all the union's members worked for Post und Telekom Austria, but following privatisation and the entry of competitors into the market, it now has members in a variety of companies.^[2]

References

1945: Alois Jakl

1950s: Karl Schrober

1964: Josef Schweiger

1977: Norbert Tmej

2011: Helmut Köstinger

Notes and References

1. Book: Ebbinghaus . Bernhard . Visser . Jelle . Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 . 2000 . Palgrave Macmillan . Basingstoke . 0333771125 . 98.
2. Web site: Kampf für Gerechtigkeit und Solidarität . GPF . 16 January 2020.