General Dutch Metalworkers' Union

The General Dutch Metalworkers' Union (Dutch: Algemene Nederlandse Metaalbewerkersbond, ANMB) was a trade union representing workers in the metal industry in the Netherlands.

Poster designed by Albert Hahn jr., 1920

The union was founded in 1886, and in 1906, it was a founding affiliate of the Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (NVV). In 1951, it was renamed as the General Dutch Metal Industry Union, and in 1956, as the General Dutch Industrial Union for the Metal and Electrical Industries.^[1] In 1958, the General Dutch Diamond Workers' Union merged into the union.^[2]

By 1970, the union had 112,072 members.^[3] On 1 January 1972, it merged with the General Union of Miscellaneous Industries and the General Industrial Union of Textiles and Clothing, to form the Industrial Workers' Union NVV.^[4]

Presidents

1910: W. F. Dekkers

1916: Piet Danz

1936: Henk van den Born

1950: Kees van Wingerden

1953: D. W. van Hattum

1959: Ies Baart

1965: Maarten Zondervan

1970: Arie Groenevelt