The Wismut Industrial Union (German: Industriegewerkschaft Wismut, IG W) was a trade union representing workers at the Wismut uranium mining company.
From 1946, workers at Wismut were represented by the Industrial Union of Mining, part of the Free German Trade Union Federation (FDGB). However, due to the secretive nature of the work they undertook, under the control of the Soviet Union, they were placed in an autonomous section. In 1950, the FDGB decided to move the workers into their own dedicated union, the "Wismut Industrial Union". It was based in Karl-Marx-Stadt, and led sports associations such as SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, and also the popular orchestra, Orchester der IG Wismut.[1][2]
Membership of the union gradually declined, along with employment by the company, and by 1989, it had 65,555 members. In March 1990, it became independent, and it dissolved in October, its members transferring to the Union of Mining and Energy.[1]
^Karl-Peter Fleischer: Das Orchester der IG Wimut und seine Dirigenten. Eigenverlag, Chemnitz 2009, ISBN978-3-00-026661-4
August 20, 2023
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