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{{Short description|Former East German trade union (1950–1990)}}
The '''Industrial Union of Textiles, Clothing and Leather''' ({{langx|de|Industriegewerkschaft Textil-Bekleidung-Leder}}, IG TBL) was a [[trade union]] representing workers in the textile, clothing, leather, and tobacco industries in [[East Germany]].
The union was founded in 1950, when the [[Free German Trade Union Federation]] (FDGB) reorganised its affiliates, merging the Industrial Union of Clothing, Industrial Union of Leather, and Industrial Union of Clothing.<ref name="fes">{{cite web |title=IG Textil (1946-50) - IG Textil-Bekleidung-Leder (1950-90) |url=http://library.fes.de/FDGB-Lexikon/rahmen/lexikon_frame.html |website=FDGB-Lexikon |publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung |accessdate=7 July 2020}}</ref>  By 1964, the union had 650,000 members, and was the third largest affiliate of the FDGB.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wirtz |first1=W. Willard |title=Directory of Labor Organizations, Europe |date=1965 |publisher=United States Bureau of International Labor Affairs |location=Washington DC |pages=11.1&ndash;11.7}}</ref>
Internationally, the union was affiliated to the [[Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur Workers Unions]].  The union was also involved in [[sports associations (East Germany)|sports associations]], their names starting with "SV Verein".<ref name="fes" />
The union's membership declined gradually, and by 1989, it had 601,747 members.  In May 1990, it became independent, and it decided to transfer its members to the [[Leather Union]] and the [[Textile and Clothing Union]].  At the end of the year, it dissolved.<ref name="fes" />
==Presidents==
:1950: Wilhelm Groß
:1952: Gerhard Schwedka
:1953: Anna Posselt
:1975: Charlotte Bombal
:1986: Annelie Unger
:1990: Hans-Jürgen Nestmann
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[[Category:Textile and clothing trade unions]]
[[Category:Trade unions established in 1950]]
[[Category:Trade unions disestablished in 1990]]
[[Category:Trade unions in East Germany]]