German trade union federation

the German trade union federation (DGB) is the largest controlling body of single trade unions. To it eight member trade unions in the Federal Republic of Germany belong . These cover all industries and economic sectors. There are however also trade unions, which do not belong to the DGB (see List of trade unions in Germany). The executive committee of the DGB has its seat in Berlin.
The DGB understands themselves as voice of the trade unions and employees opposite political decision makers and federations in federation, countries and municipalities and coordinates the unionizedActivities. It is from the outset committed to the principle of the unit trade union.

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history

of the DGB became to 12. October 1949 in Munich based. At that time the Federal congress of the trade unions adopted the “statute of the DGB”, those in the meantime several times changed and/or. again one seized. Therefore the DGB is a “combination of trade unions”with seat in Berlin.

In the case of establishment of the DGB 1949 this had altogether 16 member trade unions. 1978 closed the trade union of the police (Union of Police) as 17. Trade union the DGB on. 1989 fused the industrial union art, culture and media with the industrial union pressureand paper, so that the number of members reduced 16. 1996 fused the industrial union component ground connection with the trade union horticulture, land and forestry to the industrial union building agrarian environment (BUILDING), so that 15 members were. 1997 fused the industrial union mining industry andEnergy (industrial union), the industrial union chemistry, paper, ceramic(s) (industrial union chemistry) and the trade union leather to the industrial union mining industry, chemistry, energy (industrial union BCE), thus were it still 13 members. Between 1998 and 2000 went the trade union wood and plastic and the trade unionTextile and clothing in the industrial union metal up. Thus there were still eleven members and 2001 fused four member trade unions of the DGB including the German employees' federation (Trade Union of German Employees), which not member in the DGB was, to the new trade union ver.di. Thus givesit since March 2001 only eight member trade unions in the DGB.

Forerunner of the DGB was the general German trade union federation (ADGB). In the former GDR there was the free German trade union federation (FDGB), which is however not comparable with the DGB.

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member trade unions of the DGB with its seats

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organs of the DGB

the organs of the DGB are:

  • Federal congress
  • federal committee
  • Federal Administration
  • revision commission

The highest organ is the Federal congress, which meets every four years. Between the Federal congresses the federal committee notices the tasks.

Highest representative of the DGB is a chairman as a director/conductor of a mehrköpfigen “executive committee”.

The revision commission consists of three members. Itsupervised and. A. the Kassenführung and the yearly account of the federation and report concerning this to the Federal congress and/or. Federal committee.

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districts and regions

Bezirke des DGB
of districts of the DGB

of the DGB is into 9 districts and 88 regions arranged. The districts serve upRegional level to the lobbying, the regions are the local partner.

The 9 districts are:

  • North (Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
  • Lower Saxony - Bremen - Saxonia-Anhalt
  • Berlin Brandenburg
  • North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Hessen Thuringia
  • Saxonia
  • west (Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland)
  • Baden-Wuerttemberg
  • Bavaria
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chairman of the DGB

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literature

standard publications to the DGB:

  • Sources for the history of the Germans of the German trade union movement in 20. Century, Cologne
  • cutter, Michael, small history thatTrade unions. Their development of Germany from the beginnings to today, Bonn 2000.
  • Schönhoven, Klaus, the German trade unions, Frankfurt/Main 1987.

Current scientific trade union publications

  • Ulrich boron village/Karl Lauschke: Hans Böckler, 2 Bde., Cologne 2005.
  • Klaus Kempter: Eugen Loderer and the industrial unionMetal. Biography of a trade unionist, falling the city 2004.

Schroeder, Wolfgang. Bernhard Wessels 2003, the trade unions in politics and society of the Federal Republic of Germany. A manual. West German publishing house

extra:

  • The German trade union federation - the party of the work in the service of economics and nation. Munich 1982. Out of print, therefore: Free on-line version Marxist group, Munich
Gewerkschaftsjugend in Aktion
trade union youth in action
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see also

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