Vereinte Dienstleistungs- gewerkschaft ver.di

The Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft , which is known as Verdi for short and writes its name as "ver.di", is a German trade union based in Berlin, Germany. It was established in the year 2001 as the result of a merger of five individual unions and is a member of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB). With around two million members, Verdi is the second largest German trade union after IG Metall. It currently employs around 3000 members of staff in Germany and has an annual income of approximately 454 million Euros obtained from membership subscriptions. The trade union is divided into 10 federal state districts and 13 divisions and is managed by a National Executive Board (Bundesvorstand) with 14 members. Frank Bsirske has been the Chairman of Verdi ever since it was first founded.