IG BAU
Trade Union for Building, Forestry, Agriculture and the Environment - Germany
The IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IGBAU) is a trade union in Germany with a membership of 350000 (as per end of 2007). It is one of 8 industrial affiliates of the DGB (German Confederation of Trade Unions). IG BAU is active in the sectors of construction and engineering, building materials, building cleaning, facility management, gardening, forestry and agriculture. IG BAU was formed in 1996 as a merger of the former DGB-affiliates Industriegewerkschaft Bau-Steine-Erden (IG BSE) and Gewerkschaft Gartenbau-Landwirtschaft-Forsten (GGLF). On the international level IG BAU is affiliated to the global union federations BWI, IUF and UNI. IG BAU-President Klaus Wiesehuegel is also president of the BWI. The national headquarters of IG BAU is in Frankfurt am Main in Germany. IG BAU has also two political lobbying offices in the federal capital city of Berlin and the European capital city of Brussels/Belgium.