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{{Short description|Trade union in Germany}}
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{{Infobox union
| name         = ver.di
| location_country= Germany
| affiliation  = [[German Confederation of Trade Unions|DGB]]
| members      = 1.9 million
| full_name    = United Services Trade Union
| native_name  = Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft - ver.di
| native_name_lang = de
| image        = [[File:Ver di.svg|200px]]
| founded      = 19 March 2001
| dissolved    = 
| merged       = 
| headquarters = [[Berlin]], Germany
| key_people   = {{ill|Frank Werneke|de}}, president
| website      = [http://www.verdi.de/ www.verdi.de]
| footnotes    = 
}}
[[File:Berlin, Mitte, Paula-Thiede-Ufer, Verdi-Bundesverwaltung 01.jpg|thumbnail|Verdi headquarters in [[Mitte (locality)|Berlin-Mitte]]]]

'''{{lang|de|Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft}}''' ('''''Verdi''''' (stylized as ''ver.di''; [ˈvɛʁdiː]); English: ''United Services Trade Union'') is a German [[trade union]] based in [[Berlin]], Germany. It was established on 19 March 2001 as the result of a merger of five individual unions and is a member of the [[German Trade Union Confederation]] (DGB). With around 1.9 million members, Verdi is the second largest German trade union after [[IG Metall]].<ref>{{cite web|language=de|url=http://www.wiwo.de/politik/deutschland/dgb-gewerkschaften-wildern-im-revier-der-kollegen/11467100.html|website=WirtschaftsWoche|title=DGB: Gewerkschaften wildern im Revier der Kollegen|date=March 12, 2015|access-date=September 1, 2015|author=Bert Losse}}</ref> It currently employs around 3000 members of staff in Germany and has an annual income of approximately 454 million Euros obtained from membership subscriptions.<ref>Die Welt vom 19. Januar 2016.</ref> The trade union is divided into 10 federal state districts and five divisions and is managed by a National Executive Board (Bundesvorstand) with nine members. [[Frank Bsirske]] was the chairman of Verdi from its founding in 2001 until September 2019, when {{ill|Frank Werneke|de}} was elected.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Frank Werneke|url=https://www.verdi.de/++co++228f7a4e-8aee-11e2-a98e-52540059119e|access-date=2021-03-19|website=ver.di|language=de}}</ref>