"The Public Services, Transport and Traffic Union (German: Gewerkschaft Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr, ÖTV) was a trade union representing transport and public service workers in Germany.
The union was founded in 1949, at a meeting Stuttgart. Unlike its pre-war predecessors, it did not represent postal workers (who joined the German Postal Union), nor commercial workers, but it was nonetheless the second-largest union in West Germany. By 1951, it had 785,000 members, and during the 1950s it concluded many collective bargaining agreements with states and municipalities. It affiliated to both the International Transport Workers´ Federation, and the Public Services International." - (en.wikipedia.org 15.11.2019)
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