This is a list of trade unions in Germany, which play an important part of German labour law and European labour law.
The Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, established 1949, is the most important union organisation.
It mediates inter-union disputes and organises member unions so they do not impede on each other's membership.
The representation in the DGB is democratic, so in practice IG Metall and ver.di dominate the agenda and policy with the most members.
There are 39 trade unions under the Deutsche Beamte Bund (dbb).