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50:(NAS) was founded as a national trade union center based on syndicalist principles with a weak and unpaid central board. The General Diamond Workers' Union of the Netherlands, on the other hand, followed the German model, meaning that it had a centralized structure, loyalty and strong discipline among the rank and file, paid union leaders, and high membership dues allowing for a large strike fund. 28: 53:
The ANDB did not join the NAS because of these differences. Its founding was the result of a strike in the diamond industry in 1894. Jews made up a significant portion of diamond workers; some seventy percent of its members lived in or near Jewish quarters. There had been friction between Jewish and
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non-Jewish diamond workers in the past. Nevertheless, this strike managed to unify workers in this industry and the ANDB encompassed both, though this would sometimes lead to conflict.
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Unlike the NAS, which also had political goals, the ANDB focused solely on improving workers' conditions. It struggled for the
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Jewish Workers and the Labour Movement: A Comparative Study of Amsterdam, London and Paris, 1870-1914
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We Lived With Dignity: The Jewish Proletariat of Amsterdam, 1900-1940
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The "Burcht van Berlage", home of the Diamond Worker's Union
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General Dutch Diamond Workers' Union

National Labor Secretariat
eight-hour day
Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions
World War II
General Dutch Metalworkers' Union
ISBN
978-0-7546-0907-0
ISBN
978-0-8143-2338-0
ISBN
978-0-313-26371-2
Archief ANDB
International Institute of Social History
Categories
Trade unions in the Netherlands
1894 establishments in the Netherlands
1958 disestablishments in the Netherlands
Trade unions established in 1894
Trade unions disestablished in 1958

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