IG Metall 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.
Trade unions in Germany have a history reaching back to the German revolution in 1848, and still play an important role in the German economy and society.
Ottmar Schreiner was a German lawyer and left-wing politician. He was known as one of the leading leftists in his party, SPD.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation was founded on 20 May 2006 by a merger of the Deutscher Sportbund (DSB), and the Nationales Olympisches Komitee für Deutschland (NOK) which dates back to 1895, the year it was founded and recognized as NOC by the IOC.
Heilpraktiker is a naturopathic profession in Germany. It is recognized as an alternative and complementary health care profession by German law.
Hans Böckler was a German politician and trade union leader. He was the most influential re-founder of the unions in post-war Germany and became the first president of the German Trade Union Confederation.
Robert Fischer was a notable German unionist and social democratic politician.
Rudolf Wissell was a German politician in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). During the Weimar Republic, he held office as the Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister for Labour.
The General German Trade Union Federation was a confederation of German trade unions in Germany founded during the Weimar Republic. It was founded in 1919 and was initially powerful enough to organize a general strike in 1920 against a right-wing coup d'état. After the 1929 Wall Street crash, the ensuing global financial crisis caused widespread unemployment. The ADGB suffered a dramatic loss of membership, both from unemployment and political squabbles. By the time the Nazis seized control of the government, the ADGB's leadership had distanced itself from the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and was openly cooperating with Nazis in an attempt to keep the organization alive. Nonetheless, on May 2, 1933, the SA and SS stormed the offices of the ADGB and its member trade unions, seized their assets and arrested their leaders, crushing the organization.
Willi Dickhut was a German communist and cofounder of the Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany.
August Enderle was a German socialist politician, trades unionist, journalist and author.
Ludwig Becker was a German politician, member of the Communist Party of Germany, and trades unionist who participated in illegal political opposition during the Nazi years.
Eugen Ochs was a communist politician and trades union leader.
Ella Trebe was a German factory worker who became an anti-government resistance activist after 1933. She was charged with high treason but was then taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp where she was shot dead, so that her case never came to trial.
The German Tobacco Workers' Union was a trade union representing people in the tobacco manufacturing industry in Germany.
The German Textile Workers' Union was a trade union representing workers in the textile industry in Germany.
The Union of Coppersmiths of Germany was a trade union representing coppersmiths in Germany.
The German Leather Workers' Union was a trade union representing workers involved in tanning and glovemaking.
The Swiss Metalworkers' and Watchmakers' Union was a trade union representing workers in the metal and watchmaking industries in Switzerland.
Workers of the German auto manufacturer Volkswagen Group are collectively organized and represented across a variety of worker organizations including trade unions and Works Councils across the globe. Workers are organized on multiple levels; locally, regionally, nationally, internationally and by marque.
