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Arbeiter- und Angestelltenbund, Österreichischer, ÖAABArbeiter- und Angestelltenbund, Österreichischer, ÖAAB (Austrian Association of Wage-Earners and Salaried Employees), founded 1945 by L. Kunschak, L. Weinberger and others. Employee organisation of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), one of the 3 main associations which (along with other member organisations) make up the Austrian People's Party. Members: approx. 200,000 (1996), Federal Chairman W. Fasslabend. Publications: "Freiheit" monthly newspaper (established 1946). Further reading: W. Schwimmer and E. Klinger, Die christlichen Gewerkschaften, 1975; J. Kunz and R. Prantner, L. Kunschak, 1993.
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