Organization
FNV consists out of seventeen affiliate unions, with a total of 1.4 million members, out of a total of 1.9 million people who are member of a trade union. The highest organ of the FNV is the federation congress, which meets every four years. It consists out of members of all affiliate unions, represented proportionally. It elects a federation board with four members, a chair, a vice-chair, a secretary and a treasurer. The current chair is Ton Heerts. A federation council is formed by the board members, and the chairs of the fourteen affiliated unions. It takes decisions over FNV policy.
Although the FNV is formally independent of other organizations there are strong ideological and personal links with the social-democratic PvdA in what is known as the pillarization. Former FNV chair Wim Kok served as prime minister of the Netherlands, between 1994 and 2002. Politicians from other Dutch parties also have their background in FNV, former leader of the Dutch GreenLeft Paul Rosenmöller was one of the leaders of the FNV in the Rotterdam harbours.
The FNV affiliate unions
- FNV Bondgenoten: the industrial union with about 480,000 members
- ABVAKABO FNV: the civil servants' union, with around 365,000 members
- FNV Bouw: which represents the interest of construction workers; it has around 155,000 members
- Algemene Onderwijsbond: the teachers' union, with around 77,000 members
- ANBO: the 50+ union, joined the FNV in 2009
- FNV KIEM: which represents the interest of artists, those employed in the information and media sector; it has around 48,000 members
- FNV Horecabond: the union for those employed by hotels, restaurants and pubs, with 27,000
- NPB: which represents the interest of police personnel; it has 22,000 members
- AFMP: the military union with 26,000 members
- FNV Mooi: represents barbers and beauty parlors; it has 10,000 members
- NVJ: union of journalists; it has around 7,300 members
- FNV Vrouwenbond: which represents women, both employed and unemployed; it has around 6,100 members
- Nautilus NL: the seafaring union with about 6,000 members
- FNV Sport: professional athletes; it has around 1,450 members
- VVCS: professional soccer players; it has around 750 members
- FNV Zelfstandigen: which represents the interest of the self-employed; it has around 7,000 members
- FNV ZBO: which represents the interest of the self-employed in the construction and lumber sectors
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