The Central Union of Commercial Employees (German: Zentralverband der Handlungsgehilfen, ZdH) was a trade union representing white collar commercial workers in Germany.
The union was founded on the 5 July 1897, and launched the journal Handlungsgehilfenblatt.
It affiliated to the General Commission of German Trade Unions.
[1][2] The union became divided between anti- and pro-World War I tendencies, with president Otto Urban trying to maintain a middle course.
The end of the war led to a boom in membership, which by 1918 had reached 66,228.