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The German Confederation of Trade Unions (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB) is an umbrella organisation (sometimes known as a national trade union center) for eight German trade unions, in total representing more than 7 million people (Dec 31, 2004). It was founded in Munich, October 12, 1949. An umbrella organization is an association of (often related, industry specific) institutions, who work together formally to coordinate activities or pool resources. ...
A national trade union center is a federation of trade unions in a single country. ...
A union (labor union in American English; trade union in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a group of workers who act collectively to address common issues. ...
Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München (pronounced listen) is the state capital of the German Bundesland of Bavaria. ...
October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ...
1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...
The DGB coordinates joint demands and activities within the German trade union movement. It represents the member unions in contacts with the government authorities, the political parties and the employers' organisations. However, the umbrella organsation is not directly involved in collective bargaining and does not conclude pay agreements. Collective bargaining is the process of negotiation between trade unions (or labor unions, as they are called in the USA) and employers (represented by management) in respect of the terms and conditions of employment of employees, such as wages, hours, working conditions and grievance procedures, and about the rights and...
Union delegates elect committees for 9 districts, 94 regions and the federal centre. The organisation holds a federal congress every four years. The congress sets the framework for trade union policies and elects five persons to serve full-time as a Federal Executive. Together with the presidents of the member unions they constitute the DGB's Federal Presidium. The members of the Federal Presidium, together with the DGB regional presidents and 70 delegates from the unions, form a Federal Council, that meets once a year to make decisions in national issues. The DGB also has a youth organisation, DGB-Jugend.
The DGB has its headquarters in Berlin. It is a member of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU). Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) was established in 1973 to provide a trade union counterbalance to the economic forces of European integration. ...
Claiming 157 million members in 225 affiliated organisations in 148 countries and territories, the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) came into being on December 7, 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU). ...
History
Until 1933 As first German confederation of unions at March 14, 1892 the Generalkommission der Gewerkschaften Deutschlands was founded in Halberstadt. It represented 57 national and some local unions with approximate 300,000 peoples in total. Liebfrauenkirche Halberstadt is a city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. ...
After World War I unions had to reorganisize. During a congress in Nuremberg from June 30 until July 5, 1919 the Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, ADGB was founded as an umbrella organisation of 52 single unions with more than 3 million members.
The ADGB may be seen as predecessor of todays DGB.
Like today at that time there also existed a conservative umbrella organisation with lesser importance. Curiosly at that time Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB was the name of this conservative organisation. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
Nuremberg coat of arms Location of Nuremberg Nuremberg (German: Nürnberg) is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. ...
At January 2, 1933 all unions were broken up by the Nazis. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...
1946 - 1949 After World War II German unions had to reorganisize once again. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air, August 9, 1945. ...
At February 9 - 11, 1946 the Freier Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, FDGB was founded in Berlin as a confederation of 15 unions in the Soviet controlled part of Germany. Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ...
At April 23 - 25, 1947 the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, DGB was founded in Bielefeld as a confederation of 12 unions in the British controlled part of Germany. Map of Germany showing Bielefeld Bielefeld is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...
Foundations in the US-american controlled part of Germany:
August 24/25, 1946: Freier Gewerkschaftsbund Hessen
August 30 - September 1, 1946: Gewerkschaftsbund Württemberg-Baden
March 27 - 29, 1947: Bayerischer Gewerkschaftsbund
Foundations in the French controlled part of Germany:
February 15/16 1947: Gewerkschaftsbund Süd-Württemberg und Hohenzollern
March 1/2 1947: Badischer Gewerkschaftsbund
May 2, 1947: Allgemeiner Gewerkschaftsbund Rheinland-Pfalz
At October 12 - 14, the 7 umbrella organisation of West Germany merged to the West German DGB as a confederation of 16 single trade unions.
Number of members, June 30, 1949: DGB of the British zone .............................. 2,885,036 Freier Gewerkschaftsbund Hessen ...................... 397,008 Gewerkschaftsbund Württemberg-Baden .................. 464,905 Bayerischer Gewerkschaftsbund ........................ 815,161 Gewerkschaftsbund Süd-Württemberg und Hohenzollern ... 75,502 Badischer Gewerkschaftsbund .......................... 92,257 Allgemeiner Gewerkschaftsbund Rheinland-Pfalz ........ 232,117 total: 4,961,986
Until today In 1990 the members of the FDGB of the German Democratic Republic joined the members of the DGB. East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a socialist country that existed from 1949 to 1990. ...
Until today many single member unions of the DGB united together so todays DGB has only 8 members.
Affiliates
Today - IG BAU - IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (Construction, Agriculture, Environment) Official site| 424,808 members = 6.06 %
- IG BCE - IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (Mining, Chemicals, Energy) Official site 770,582 members = 10.99 %
- GEW - Gewerkschaft Erziehung und Wissenschaft (Education and Science) Official site 254,673 members = 3.63 %
- IGM - IG Metall (Metalworkers) Official site 2,425,005 members = 34.58 %
- NGG - Gewerkschaft Nahrung-Genuss-Gaststätten (Food, Beverages and Catering) Official site 225,328 members = 3.21 %
- GdP - Gewerkschaft der Polizei (Police) Official site 177,910 members = 2.54 %
- TRANSNET (Railway Workers) Official site 270,221 members = 3.85 %
- ver.di - Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (United Services Union) Official site 2,464,510 members = 35.14 %
( DGB in total: 7,013,037 members = 100 % // all values: Dec 31, 2004 ) IG Metall (Industriegewerkschaft Metall - German Metalworkers Union) is the dominant metalworkers union in Germany. ...
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1949 GEW // still existing, see above NGG // still existing, see above GdED - Gewerkschaft der Eisenbahner Deutschlands // 2000 renamed to TRANSNET, see above IGM // still existing, see above Gewerkschaft Textil und Bekleidung ... since 1998 part of IGM Gewerkschaft Holz und Kunststoff ..... since 2000 part of IGM IG BSE - IG Bau-Steine-Erden ........................ since 1996 IG BAU, see above Gewerkschaft Gartenbau, Land- und Forstwirtschaft ... since 1996 IG BAU IG BE - IG Bergbau und Energie ... since 1997 IG BCE, see above IG Chemie, Papier, Keramik ....... since 1997 IG BCE Gewerkschaft Leder ............... since 1997 IG BCE DPG - Deutsche Postgewerkschaft ................................. since 2001 ver.di, see above HBV - Gewerkschaft Handel, Banken und Versicherungen ............ since 2001 ver.di ÖTV - Gewerkschaft Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr ... since 2001 ver.di IG Druck und Papier, "DruPa" .......... 1989 IG Medien .......... since 2001 ver.di IG Kunst, Kultur und Medien ........... 1989 IG Medien .......... since 2001 ver.di
Other unions In 1978 the Gewerkschaft der Polizei (GdP, see above) joined the DGB as 17th union.
The Deutsche Angestellten Gewerkschaft - DAG - was a great white collar trade union.
Although the DAG in the British zone 1946 was a member of the DGB in the British zone the West German DAG never joined the West German DGB as a single member union.
But in 2001 the DAG merged with four existing DGB unions to the new DGB union ver.di.
See also This is a list of trade unions and union federations by country. ...
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