The Union of Trade, Food and Luxuries (German: Gewerkschaft Handel) was a trade union representing workers in various related industries in East Germany.
The union was founded in 1949, when the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB) decided to reorganise its affiliates, in line with the country's economic management plans.
This made it the second-largest affiliate of the FDGB, and by 1964, it claimed 800,000 members.
[3] In 1968, most of the food and luxuries sections were removed to the Union of Land, Food and Forests, but the union retained catering workers, and its membership generally increased.
[1] In January 1990, the union became independent, but in June, it decided to dissolve, with members transferred to either the Trade, Banking and Insurance Union of the DDR, or the Food, Beverages and Catering Union of the DDR.