Austrian Trade Union Federation

{{Short description|Trade union}}

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{{Infobox union

|name = ÖGB

|location_country= Austria

|affiliation = ITUC, TUAC

|members = 1,335,421 (2005)

|full_name = Austrian Federation of Trade Unions

|native_name = Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund

| image = File:Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund logo.svg

|founded = 1945

|dissolved =

|merged =

|headquarters = Vienna, Austria

|key_people = Wolfgang Katzian, president

|website = {{url|www.oegb.at}}

|footnotes =

}}

The Austrian Trade Union Federation or Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (de: Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund, abbreviated OeGB or ÖGB) is a labour union of employees. It is constituted as an association and is subdivided into seven smaller affiliated trade unions. Each union is traditionally dominated by a certain political faction, with the strongest faction in the ÖGB as a whole traditionally being the social democratic one (Fraktion Sozialdemokratischer GewerkschafterInnen), which is known for its close contacts to Austria's Social Democratic Party (SPÖ); chairmen of the ÖGB have often also been influential SPÖ members.*{{cite book | year = 2005 | title = Trade Unions of the World | editor = ICTUR | editor-link = International Centre for Trade Union Rights |display-editors=etal | edition = 6th | publisher = John Harper Publishing | location = London, UK | isbn = 0-9543811-5-7}}