The Central Union of Shoemakers of Germany (German: Zentralverband der Schuhmacher Deutschlands, ZVdSch) was a trade union representing people working in the shoemaking industry in Germany.
Central Union of Shoemakers of Germany
Zentralverband der Schuhmacher Deutschlands
Successor
Industrial Union of Leather (E Germany) Leather Union (W Germany)
The union was founded in August 1883 at a meeting in Gotha, as the Support Association of German Shoemakers. Due to the Anti-Socialist Laws, it could not describe itself as a trade union, but it operated unemployment and relocation funds for workers. It established headquarters in Offenbach am Main, and in 1887 renamed itself as the Union of German Shoemakers.[1][2] In 1890, it began admitting women, the first men's union in Germany to do so.[3]
In 1900, Josef Simon became the leader of the union, and led it through a difficult five years of strikes, lock outs, and economic struggles.[4] In 1904, it became the "Central Union of Shoemakers of Germany", and it began growing more rapidly.[2] It was the main founder of the International Federation of Boot and Shoe Operatives in 1907, and a founding affiliate of the General German Trade Union Confederation in 1919.[4] By 1928, it had 78,834 members.[5]
The union was banned by the Nazi government in 1933. After World War II, shoemakers were represented by the Leather Union.[6]
Referencesedit
^Zinner, Dionys (31 July 1908). "Das Fünfundzwanzigjährige Jubiläum des Verbandes der Schuhmacher Deutschlands". Die Neue Zeit. 2 (44): 646–649.
^ abProtokolle und Berichte der Zentralbibliothek der Gewerkschaften. Zentralbibliothek der Gewerkschaften. p. 26.
^"100 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht in Deutschland". IG BCE. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
^ abWeickers, Gustav (1931). Simon, Josef. ADGB. pp. 1488–1489.
^Heyde, Ludwig (1931). Internationales Handwörterbuch des Gewerkschaftswesens. Berlin: ADGB. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
^"Simon , Josef". Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
November 16, 2023
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