Arts Union (Germany)

The Arts Union was a trade union representing cultural workers in West Germany.
The union was founded on 26 August 1949, at a conference in Frankfurt. It was initially based in Hamburg, but relocated to Düsseldorf in 1955.
The union initially had five sections:

Other sections were created later, including the Broadcast Television Film Union, the Union of Music Educators and Concert Artists, and the Jazz/rock/pop/improvised music group.
By 1988, the union had a membership of 29,613. The following year, it merged with the Printing and Paper Union, to form the Media Union.