The Verkehrsgewerkschaft GDBA ("transport union GDBA") was a German trade union.

It was founded on May 23, 1948 in North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia

North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the...

 as "Gewerkschaft Deutscher Bundesbahnbeamten und Anwärter" and was a member of the German Civil Service Federation.

Since autumn 2005 GDBA worked together with the "rival" union Transnet

TRANSNET Gewerkschaft

TRANSNET, which stands for Transport, Service, and Networks, was a trade union in Germany and one of eight industrial affiliations of the German Confederation of Trade Unions.Since autumn 2005 TRANSNET worked together with the "rival" union GDBA....

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On November 30, 2010 the delegates of a union convention in Fulda

Fulda

Fulda is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district .- Early Middle Ages :...

 decided to merge with Transnet to the new union EVG

Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft

The Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft EVG is a German trade union with approximately 240,000 members.It was founded on November 30, 2010 in Fulda as an unification of the existing unions Transnet and GDBA , which collaborated since 2005.The EVG ia a member of the Confederation of German Trade...

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