The General Union of Civil Servants (, ABVA) was a trade union representing civil servants, including postal and telecommunication workers, in the Netherlands.

The union was founded in 1947, when the Central Dutch Union of Civil Servants merged with the Dutch Union of Personnel in Government Service. Like both its predecessors, it affiliated to the Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions (NVV).

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By 1980, the union had 209,014 members, of whom, 40% worked in administration, 22% in healthcare, 13% in communication, 7% in utilities, 6% in education, and the remainder in a wide variety of areas. In 1982, it merged with the rival Catholic Union of Government Personnel (KABO), to form Abvakabo.

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Presidents

1947: Nico Vijlbrief

1949: Jaap Blom

1958: Arie van Rossen

1970: J. Hoogerwerf

1974: J. Dutman

1982: Jaap van de Scheur

References

Civil service trade unions

Trade unions established in 1947

Trade unions disestablished in 1982

Trade unions in the Netherlands

General Union of Civil Servants