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'''Tonnis van der Heeg''' (29 March 1886 – 15 August 1958) was a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] trade unionist, politician, and [[Dutch resistance|resistance]] activist.
Born in [[Groningen]], van der Heeg became a tailor. He joined the [[Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)|Social Democratic Workers' Party]] (SDAP), inspired by his colleague, Evert Kupers, and also Progress through Brotherhood, a tailors' trade union. In 1908, he became the full-time leader of the Amsterdam district of the Union of the Clothing Industry, and he led a major, successful, strike, in 1913. In 1915, he became the union's general secretary, and then in 1918, its president.<ref name="bwsa"></ref><ref name="vhv"></ref>
As leader of the union, van der Heeg led a series of strikes which achieved a national wage scheme resulting in increased pay, reduced hours, and sick and holiday pay. He relocated to [[Hilversum]] in 1921, winning a seat on the city council in 1926, and becoming the local party chair in 1931. Although he was a founder of the [[Independent Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Independent Socialist Party]] split, he returned to the SDAP within weeks. Although he was opposed to communism, he argued that communists should be free to join mainstream unions.<ref name="bwsa" /><ref name="vhv" />
In 1919, van der Heeg helped refound the [[International Clothing Workers' Federation]], and in 1920, he became its general secretary. In 1924, he spent a lengthy period in a sanatorium, suffering from [[tuberculosis]], but he recovered well and returned to work the following year. He was elected to the executive of the [[Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions]] (NVV) in 1932, and was associated with its left-wing, calling for the union to devote more efforts to organising women, and for it to admit unemployed workers. In 1933, he called for a boycott of German goods, in opposition to its Nazi government, and he called for active support for the Republicans in the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name="bwsa" />
The Nazis occupied the Netherlands in 1940, and van der Heeg was fired from his union post, while in 1941, Hilversum council was dissolved. He found work as the head of the local Distribution Service, using the role to illicitly distribute [[ration card]]s to members of the [[Dutch resistance]] who were in hiding. The network was discovered in 1943, and van der Heeg went into hiding, until his arrest, late in 1944.<ref name="bwsa" /><ref name="vhv" />
During the war, the Nazis had merged the Union of the Clothing Industry into the textile workers' union. Van der Heeg agreed that it should continue on a merged basis, as the [[General Union of Workers in Textile and Clothing Companies]], and in 1945, he was elected as its president. He argued that the NVV should be more critical of government policy in Indonesia, and unsuccessfully argued that the NVV should merged with the community Unity Trade Union. He retired in 1949.<ref name="bwsa" /><ref name="vhv" />
==References==
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[[Category:1886 births]]
[[Category:1958 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch resistance members]]
[[Category:Dutch trade unionists]]
[[Category:People from Groningen (city)]]
[[Category:Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands) politicians]]
Born in [[Groningen]], van der Heeg became a tailor. He joined the [[Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)|Social Democratic Workers' Party]] (SDAP), inspired by his colleague, Evert Kupers, and also Progress through Brotherhood, a tailors' trade union. In 1908, he became the full-time leader of the Amsterdam district of the Union of the Clothing Industry, and he led a major, successful, strike, in 1913. In 1915, he became the union's general secretary, and then in 1918, its president.<ref name="bwsa"></ref><ref name="vhv"></ref>
As leader of the union, van der Heeg led a series of strikes which achieved a national wage scheme resulting in increased pay, reduced hours, and sick and holiday pay. He relocated to [[Hilversum]] in 1921, winning a seat on the city council in 1926, and becoming the local party chair in 1931. Although he was a founder of the [[Independent Socialist Party (Netherlands)|Independent Socialist Party]] split, he returned to the SDAP within weeks. Although he was opposed to communism, he argued that communists should be free to join mainstream unions.<ref name="bwsa" /><ref name="vhv" />
In 1919, van der Heeg helped refound the [[International Clothing Workers' Federation]], and in 1920, he became its general secretary. In 1924, he spent a lengthy period in a sanatorium, suffering from [[tuberculosis]], but he recovered well and returned to work the following year. He was elected to the executive of the [[Dutch Confederation of Trade Unions]] (NVV) in 1932, and was associated with its left-wing, calling for the union to devote more efforts to organising women, and for it to admit unemployed workers. In 1933, he called for a boycott of German goods, in opposition to its Nazi government, and he called for active support for the Republicans in the [[Spanish Civil War]].<ref name="bwsa" />
The Nazis occupied the Netherlands in 1940, and van der Heeg was fired from his union post, while in 1941, Hilversum council was dissolved. He found work as the head of the local Distribution Service, using the role to illicitly distribute [[ration card]]s to members of the [[Dutch resistance]] who were in hiding. The network was discovered in 1943, and van der Heeg went into hiding, until his arrest, late in 1944.<ref name="bwsa" /><ref name="vhv" />
During the war, the Nazis had merged the Union of the Clothing Industry into the textile workers' union. Van der Heeg agreed that it should continue on a merged basis, as the [[General Union of Workers in Textile and Clothing Companies]], and in 1945, he was elected as its president. He argued that the NVV should be more critical of government policy in Indonesia, and unsuccessfully argued that the NVV should merged with the community Unity Trade Union. He retired in 1949.<ref name="bwsa" /><ref name="vhv" />
==References==
<references />
[[Category:1886 births]]
[[Category:1958 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch resistance members]]
[[Category:Dutch trade unionists]]
[[Category:People from Groningen (city)]]
[[Category:Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands) politicians]]
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