Dutch Catholic Union of the Building and Wood Industries

The Dutch Catholic Union of the Building and Wood Industries (Dutch: Nederlandse Katholieke Bond voor de Bouw- en Houtnijverheid, KBBH) was a trade union representing workers in the construction and woodworking trades in the Netherlands.

The union was founded in 1972, when the Dutch Catholic Association of Workers in the Construction Industry merged with the Dutch Catholic Union of Workers in the Furniture, Furnishing, Wood and Related Industries.[1] Like both its predecessors, the union affiliated to the Dutch Catholic Trade Union Federation. In 1980, the union had 80,973 members, of whom 90% worked in construction and almost all the remainder in woodworking.[2]

The union was keen to work with the rival General Dutch Union of the Building and Wood Industries. They formed a loose federation in 1973 and a more formal one in 1976, thereafter agreeing policy jointly and enacting it through the federation.[1] On 1 January 1982, the two unions merged, forming the Construction and Wood Union.ref name="bio">"De afdelingslijn is de basis voor het brede vakbondswerk". VHV. Retrieved 13 October 2020.</ref>[3]

References
  1. "Bouw en houtbond NKV afdeling Uden / Volkel". Radboud University. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 468–470. ISBN 0333771125.
  3. "GEZOND VERSTAND, HUMOR, RELATIVERINGSVERMOGEN". humour. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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