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Industrial Union Of Construction And Wood
The Industrial Union of Construction and Wood (german: Industriegewerkschaft Bau-Holz, IG Bau-Holz) was a trade union representing construction and wood workers in East Germany. The union was founded in 1950, when the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB) merged the Industrial Union of Construction with the Industrial Union of Wood. Its remit also covered toy making, and in 1955, building materials workers were transferred from the Industrial Union of Chemicals. In 1956, workers in local timber and cultural goods trades were transferred to the Industrial Union of the Local Economy, but they returned in 1958. The union affiliated to the Trade Union International of Building, Wood, Building Materials and Allied Industries, and from 1957, provided its president. The union became involved in sports associations, their names starting with "SV Aufbau". The union's membership grew over time, and reached 935,208 by 1989. It became independent in February 1990, and dissolved in Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (such as holiday, health care, and retirement), improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting the integrity of their trade through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers. Trade unions typically fund their head office and legal team functions through regularly imposed fees called ''union dues''. The delegate staff of the trade union representation in the workforce are usually made up of workplace volunteers who are often appointed by members in democratic elections. The trade union, through an elected leadership and bargaining committee, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 was a part of the Eastern Bloc in the Cold War. Commonly described as a communist state, it described itself as a socialist "workers' and peasants' state".Patrick Major, Jonathan Osmond, ''The Workers' and Peasants' State: Communism and Society in East Germany Under Ulbricht 1945–71'', Manchester University Press, 2002, Its territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the end of World War II—the Soviet occupation zone of the Potsdam Agreement, bounded on the east by the Oder–Neisse line. The Soviet zone surrounded West Berlin but did not include it and West Berlin remained outside the jurisdiction of the GDR. Most scholars and academics describe the GDR as a totalitarian dictatorship. The GDR was establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free German Trade Union Federation
The Free German Trade Union Federation (german: Freier Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund or ''FDGB'') was the sole national trade union centre of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or East Germany) which existed from 1946 and 1990. As a mass organisation of the GDR, nominally representing all workers in the country, the FDGB was a constituent member of the National Front. The leaders of the FDGB were also senior members of the ruling Socialist Unity Party. Structure 200px, Harry Tisch, FDGB chairman from 1975 to 1989. The bureaucratic union apparatus was a basic component and tool of the SED’s power structure, constructed on the same strictly centralist hierarchical model as all other major GDR organizations. The smallest unit was a ''Kollektiv'', which nearly all workers in any organisation belonged to, including state leaders and party functionaries. They recommended trustworthy people as the lowest FDGB functionaries and voted for them in open-list ballots. The higher positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Industrial Union Of Chemicals
The Industrial Union of Chemicals, Glass and Ceramics (german: Industriegewerkschaft Chemie, Glas und Keramik, IG CGK) was a trade union representing workers in various industries in East Germany. The union was founded by the Free German Trade Union Federation in 1946, initially as the Industrial Union of Chemicals, Paper, Stone and Earth. It initially had 230,464 members. In 1947, its name was changed to the Industrial Union of Chemicals, Paper and Ceramics, and then in 1950 it was shortened to the Industrial Union of Chemicals. The remit of the union also changed over the years. In 1955, its members in the building materials sector were transferred to the Industrial Union of Construction and Wood, and in 1956 various members moved to the Industrial Union of the Local Economy, although they returned in 1958. The biggest changes came in 1957, when the union's headquarters moved from Berlin to Halle, and its members in textile manufacturing and forestry were transferred to othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Union International Of Building, Wood, Building Materials And Allied Industries
The Trade Unions International of Building, Wood, Building Materials and Industries, also known as the Trade Unions International of Construction, Wood, Building Materials and Industries, or by its French acronym UITBB (''Union internationale des syndicats des travailleurs du bâtiment, du bois et des matériaux de construction'') is a Trade Union International affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions. History The UITBB was founded at a conference in Milan in 14–16 July 1949. Organization The highest organization is the Conference which meets every 4 years. Between conferences, the union is run by an administrative committee. The committee elections the president, vice-presidents, secretary general and secretaries, who constitute the executive bureau. The secretariat is made up of the secretary general and secretaries who ran the day-to-day activities of the organization. The organisation's headquarters was in Helsinki from at least 1955. Its address that year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Associations (East Germany)
Sports Associations (german: Sportvereinigung (SV), ) in East Germany were nation-wide sports agencies for certain economic branches of the whole society, which were members of the Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund (DTSB) Members of biggest social employers had their own branch sports clubs or the ''Sportvereinigung''. Central sports associations were set up in East Germany based on the Soviet model as a result of a decision by the German Sport Committee (german: Deutscher Sportausschuss) (DS) on 3 April 1950. The decision envisaged the formation of central sports associations based on the union structure in East Germany, where each sports association represented a trade union area. A total of 18 sports associations were set up after 1950. 14 of 18 sports association were dissolved as independent organizations after the founding of the DTSB in 1957. Only the sports associations SV Dynamo, ASV Vorwärts, SV Lokomotive and SV Wismut survived the reorganization. They continued as distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Building And Construction Union
The Building and Construction Union (german: IG Bau-Steine-Erden, IG BSE) was a trade union representing building workers in West Germany. Construction workers in Germany were organised in the German Union of Building Trades until 1933, when it was banned by the Nazis. A new union was founded in October 1949, at a conference in Karlsruhe. It was the last of the sixteen affiliates of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) to be established, because of difference of opinion between the communist-influenced construction union in the British occupation zone, members of the South Baden and Bavarian union who would have preferred to remain independent, and restrictions on unions in the French occupation zone. All the initial executive members of the union had been prominent trade unionists in Weimar Germany, and as a result they had the highest average age of executive members of any DGB affiliate. The union established the Beneficial Vacation Fund for the Construction Sector, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wood And Plastic Union
The Wood and Plastic Union (german: Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff, GHK) was a West German trade union representing workers in wood and plastic manufacturing. The union was founded in 1949 and affiliated to the German Trade Union Confederation. While it represented plastic workers from the start, 90% of its membership was in wood manufacturing. By 1998, it had a membership of 145,128. In 2000, it merged into IG Metall IG Metall (; IGM; German: ''Industriegewerkschaft Metall'', "Industrial Union of Metalworkers'") is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany, making it the country's largest union as well as Europe's largest industrial union. Analysts of Ge .... Presidents :1949: Markus Schleicher :1951: Franz Valentiner :1953: Heinz Seeger :1958: Gerhard Vater :1977: Kurt Georgi :1981: Horst Morich :1993: Gisbert Schlemmer References {{Authority control German Trade Union Confederation Plastics and rubber trade unions Timber industry trade unions Trade unions es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horticulture, Agriculture And Forestry Union
The Horticulture, Agriculture and Forestry Union (german: Gewerkschaft Gartenbau, Land- und Forstwirtschaft, GGLF) was a West German trade union representing agricultural and forestry workers. The union was founded in July 1949, and was a founding member of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) in October of that same year. In 1995 the GGLF claimed 90,281 members and in 1996 the union merged with the Building and Construction Union to form IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt The IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG BAU) is a trade union in Germany with a membership of 350,000 (as per end of 2007). It is the fourth largest of eight industrial affiliates of the DGB ( German Confederation of Trade Unions). IG BAU is active in the ... (IG BAU). Presidents :1949: Friedrich Greve :1956: Heinz Frehsee :1959: Hellmut Schmalz :1968: Alfons Lappas :1969: Alois Pfeiffer :1975: Willi Lojewski :1987: Günther Lappas :1993: Hans-Joachim Wilms References {{Authority control Agriculture and forestry trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IG Metall
IG Metall (; IGM; German: ''Industriegewerkschaft Metall'', "Industrial Union of Metalworkers'") is the dominant metalworkers' union in Germany, making it the country's largest union as well as Europe's largest industrial union. Analysts of German labor relations consider it a major trend-setter in national bargaining. IG Metall and ver.di together account for around 15 percent of the German workforce, and other sectors tend to broadly follow their agreements. History The name IG Metall refers to the union's metalworkers roots dating back to the start of unions in imperial Germany in the 1890s, though this formal organization was founded post-war in 1949. Wikipedia DE Over the years the union has taken on representation in industries beyond mining of minerals to include manufacturing and industrial production, machinists, printing industry, which includes modern automobile manufacturing and steel production as part of its blue-collar root, but also includes more white-collar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Tille
Walter Tille (6 October 1906 – 12 April 1986) was a German trade union leader. Born in Crimmitschau, Tille worked as a bricklayer. He joined the German Construction Workers' Union and the Socialist Workers' Youth in 1921, and then Social Democratic Party of Germany in 1923. He was frequently arrested for his political activities, and in 1933 fled to Czechoslovakia. However, he returned the following year and worked as a bricklayer again until 1940, when he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. Tille was interned in Norway in 1945, but escaped back to Germany. There, he joined the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB) and the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED). He was appointed as head of the Crimmitschau Commission for the Expropriation of Nazi and War Criminals, and was also elected to the city council. From 1947, Tille worked managing a construction company, and then in the city's civil engineering department, where he developed a quick and cheap method of creating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothar Lindner
Lothar Lindner (born 13 January 1928) is a former German trade union leader. He was chairman of the central committee of the building and timber industry union in the East German Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB / '' Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund '') and President of the International Federation of Unions in the building, timber and building materials industries in the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). Life Lindner was born in Saxony, the child of a bricklayer and a waitress. On completing his schooling, in 1942 he started an apprenticeship as a bricklayer. However, in 1944 he was drafted as an air-force assistant. He returned to and completed his apprenticeship in 1945/46, and started work as a bricklayer, working on construction sites in Limbach and Chemnitz. With the re-establishment of trade unions, in June 1945 Lindner joined the Building Industry Union and the FDGB. In the same year his co-workers elected him to the works council and as the yout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
