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Emil Girbig
Emil Girbig (11 June 1866 – 6 February 1933) was a German trade unionist and politician. Born in Elisabethhütte near Jamlitz, he completed an apprenticeship as a glassmaker. He joined the Central Union of Glass Workers, and in 1897 was elected as a president. The position was poorly paid, so he began running an inn in his spare time. However, the union grew under his leadership, and from 1900, it was able to employ him on a full-time wage. He was a founder of the International Federation of Glassworkers in 1908, and became its first general secretary, serving until 1920, when he became its president. Girbig also joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), and in 1919 he was elected to the Weimar National Assembly. He then held the same seat in the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic from 1920 to 1924, and from 1928 to 1930. In 1926, Girbig arranged for the Glassworkers to merge into the Factory Workers' Union of Germany The Factory Workers' Union of Germany ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German People
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Jamlitz
Jamlitz ( dsb, Jemjelnica) is a municipality in the district of Dahme-Spreewald in Brandenburg in Germany. History From 1815 to 1947, Jamlitz was part of the Prussian Province of Brandenburg. After World War II, Jamlitz was incorporated into the State of Brandenburg from 1947 to 1952 and the Bezirk Frankfurt of East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ... from 1952 to 1990. Since 1990, Jamlitz is again part of Brandenburg. Demography References Localities in Dahme-Spreewald {{Brandenburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Union Of Glass Workers
The Central Union of Glassworkers (german: Zentralverband der Glasarbeiter und -arbeiterinnen Deutschlands) was a trade union representing people involved in manufacturing glass and glass objects in Germany. The union was founded in 1890, as the Union of Glassworkers of Germany, and it affiliated to the General Commission of German Trade Unions. From 1897, it was led by Emil Girbig. In 1907, it became the "Central Union of Glassworkers", and from 1908, it hosted the headquarters of the International Federation of Glassworkers. In 1919, the union was a founding constituent of the General German Trade Union Confederation, and by 1920, it had 62,245 members. In 1926, it merged into the Factory Workers' Union of Germany The Factory Workers' Union of Germany (, VFD, commonly known as , FAV) was a trade union in Germany. History The union was founded in early July 1890, as a general union affiliated to the General Commission of German Trade Unions, gathering unsk .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Federation Of Glassworkers
The International Federation of Glassworkers was a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing workers in the glass industry. History The first international trade secretariat of glassworkers was established in 1892 at a conference in Fourmies, Nord. Named the International Glass Workers' Union, its headquarters were at Castleford in England, and it was led by Alfred Greenwood. It organised a second conference, in London, in 1894, but thereafter achieved little, and dissolved in 1900. In 1908, a conference of glassworkers was held in Paris, to found a new secretariat. This was located in Berlin until 1920, then moved to Paris. One of the smaller international trade secretariats, by 1925 it had 11 affiliates, with a total of 93,000 members. By 1935, it was moribund, and its remaining members joined the International Federation of Industrial Organisations and General Workers' Unions, which held its first glass industry sectional conference in Amsterdam in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the party's leader since the 2019 leadership election together with Lars Klingbeil, who joined her in December 2021. After Olaf Scholz was elected chancellor in 2021 the SPD became the leading party of the federal government, which the SPD formed with the Greens and the Free Democratic Party, after the 2021 federal election. The SPD is a member of 11 of the 16 German state governments and is a leading partner in seven of them. The SPD was established in 1863. It was one of the earliest Marxist-influenced parties in the world. From the 1890s through the early 20th century, the SPD was Europe's largest Marxist party, and the most popular political party in Germany. During the First World War, the party split between a pro-war mainstream ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weimar National Assembly
The Weimar National Assembly (German: ), officially the German National Constitutional Assembly (), was the popularly elected constitutional convention and de facto parliament of Germany from 6 February 1919 to 21 May 1920. As part of its duties as the interim government, it debated and reluctantly approved the Treaty of Versailles that codified the peace terms between Germany and the victorious Allies of World War I. The Assembly drew up and approved the Weimar Constitution that was in force from 1919 to 1933 (and technically until the end of Nazi rule in 1945). With its work completed, the National Assembly was dissolved on 21 May 1920. Following the election of 6 June 1920, the new Reichstag met for the first time on 24 June 1920, taking the place of the Assembly. Because the National Assembly convened in Weimar rather than in politically restive Berlin, the period in German history became known as the Weimar Republic. Background At the end of World Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reichstag Of The Weimar Republic
The Reichstag of the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) was the lower house of Germany's parliament; the upper house was the Reichsrat, which represented the states. The Reichstag convened for the first time on 24 June 1920, taking over from the Weimar National Assembly, which had served as an interim parliament following the collapse of the German Empire in November 1918. Under the Weimar Constitution of 1919, the Reichstag was elected every four years by universal, equal, secret and direct suffrage, using a system of party-list proportional representation. All citizens who had reached the age of 20 were allowed to vote, including women for the first time, but excluding soldiers on active duty. The Reichstag voted on the laws of the Reich and was responsible for the budget, questions of war and peace, and confirmation of state treaties. Oversight of the Reich government (the ministers responsible for executing the laws) also resided with the Reichstag. It could force individual m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Factory Workers' Union Of Germany
The Factory Workers' Union of Germany (, VFD, commonly known as , FAV) was a trade union in Germany. History The union was founded in early July 1890, as a general union affiliated to the General Commission of German Trade Unions, gathering unskilled workers from many different industrial sectors. It was initially named the Union of Factory, Agricultural and Commercial Support Workers in Germany It grew rapidly, with 11,000 members by 1896, and 76,000 by 1905. However, in 1906, it decided to only represent workers in six industries: * Chemical industry * Paper making * Brick making * Sugar refining * Agriculture * Dairies, distilleries and related trades In light of this, in 1908, it changed its name to the "Factory Workers' Union of Germany", and by 1912, it had come to focus on the chemical, paper, building materials, and food industries. This strategy proved successful, and by 1913 the membership had reached 210,000. That year, the Union of Flower Workers joined, while t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Union Of Glassworkers
The Central Union of Glassworkers (german: Zentralverband der Glasarbeiter und -arbeiterinnen Deutschlands) was a trade union representing people involved in manufacturing glass and glass objects in Germany. The union was founded in 1890, as the Union of Glassworkers of Germany, and it affiliated to the General Commission of German Trade Unions. From 1897, it was led by Emil Girbig. In 1907, it became the "Central Union of Glassworkers", and from 1908, it hosted the headquarters of the International Federation of Glassworkers. In 1919, the union was a founding constituent of the General German Trade Union Confederation, and by 1920, it had 62,245 members. In 1926, it merged into the Factory Workers' Union of Germany The Factory Workers' Union of Germany (, VFD, commonly known as , FAV) was a trade union in Germany. History The union was founded in early July 1890, as a general union affiliated to the General Commission of German Trade Unions, gathering unsk .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Delzant
Charles Delzant (1 January 1874 – 28 June 1943) was a French trade unionist and anarchist. Born in Fresnes-sur-Escaut, Delzant worked as a glassmaker. He was a founder of the L'Action anarchist group, whose other members included a young Pierre Monatte. He also became president of the glass bottle makers' union of Fresnes and Escautpont, and in 1900, he represented it at the congress of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT). In 1902, various glassworkers' unions affiliated to the CGT founded the Glassworkers' Federation, and Delzant was elected as its first general secretary. He also became editor of its newspaper, ''La Voix des Verriers'', using the position in particular to campaign against harsh conditions for child workers. Delzant was conscripted in 1914, and served in the French Army, describing the conflict as inevitable, and professing no opinion on it beyond that, a position which was strongly criticised by other anarchists. After a short period, he was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1866 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Fisk University, a historically black university, is established in Nashville, Tennessee. ** The last issue of the abolitionist magazine '' The Liberator'' is published. * January 6 – Ottoman troops clash with supporters of Maronite leader Youssef Bey Karam, at St. Doumit in Lebanon; the Ottomans are defeated. * January 12 ** The ''Royal Aeronautical Society'' is formed as ''The Aeronautical Society of Great Britain'' in London, the world's oldest such society. ** British auxiliary steamer sinks in a storm in the Bay of Biscay, on passage from the Thames to Australia, with the loss of 244 people, and only 19 survivors. * January 18 – Wesley College, Melbourne, is established. * January 26 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins. * February 7 – Battle of Abtao: A Spanish naval squadron fights a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet, at the island of Abtao, in the Chiloé Archipelago of southern Chile. * February 13 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 Deaths
Events January * January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls " Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** National Socialist German Workers Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitler gives his "Proclamation to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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