Jürgen Erich Schrempp was the CEO of Daimler-Benz from May 1995 to December 31, 2005, which became DaimlerChrysler, a German-American car and truck manufacturer. Following a decision of the board taken on July 28, 2005, he was succeeded on January 1, 2006, by Chrysler frontman Dieter Zetsche. Schrempp was the architect of the merger joint venture between Daimler Benz and Chrysler, which ultimately ended in failure when Chrysler was sold in 2007.
The German Trade Union Confederation is an umbrella organisation for eight German trade unions, in total representing more than 6 million people. It was founded in Munich, 12 October 1949.
Transnet SOC Ltd is a large South African rail, port and pipeline company, headquartered in the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg. It was formed as a limited company on 1 April 1990. A majority of the company's stock is owned by the Department of Public Enterprises, or DPE, of the South African government. The company was formed by restructuring into business units the operations of South African Railways and Harbours and other existing operations and products.
Rail transport in South Africa is an important element of the country's transport infrastructure. All major cities are connected by rail, and South Africa's railway system is the most highly developed in Africa. The South African rail industry is publicly owned.
Transnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. It was part of the South African Railways and Harbours Administration, a state-controlled organisation that employed hundreds of thousands of people for decades from the first half of the 20th century and was widely referred to by the initials SAR&H. Customer complaints about serious problems with Transnet Freight Rail's service were reported in 2010. Its head office is in Inyanda House in Parktown, Johannesburg.
The German national rail strike of 2007 was a strike in Germany by the locomotive engineers union, Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer, which began on November 14, 2007 and ended on November 17, 2007. The union struck Deutsche Bahn, the state-owned company which operates the German rail system. It was the largest strike in history against Deutsche Bahn.
The South African Railways Class 10E2 of 1989 is an electric locomotive.
The Spoornet Class 38-000 of 1992 is a South African electro-diesel locomotive.
The Transnet Freight Rail Class 19E of 2009 is a South African electric locomotive.
The South African Railways Class 37-000 of 1981 is a mainline diesel-electric locomotive.
The Spoornet Class 39-000 of 2006 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive from the Spoornet era.
The Transnet Freight Rail Class 39-200 of 2009 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive.
The Eisenbahn- und VerkehrsgewerkschaftEVG is a German trade union with approximately 204,000 members, which represents most railway-related workers and professionals
The Verkehrsgewerkschaft GDBA was a German trade union.
The Transnet Freight Rail Class 43-000 of 2011 is a South African diesel-electric locomotive.
The South African Railways and Harbours Union was formed by black workers of the South African Railways and Harbours Administration after they had been expelled from the National Union of Railway and Harbour Servants.
The Black Trade Union of Transnet Workers (BLATU) was a Company union set up by the South African Railways and Harbours Administration in 1981. In 1982 it claimed a membership of 60,000, out of 95,000 black employees. Union dues were collected by the company, whose supervisors selected the officials. It was intended to supplant the South African Railways and Harbours Union (SARHWU).
Otto Feick was a German inventor and gymnast.
Gabriele Bischoff is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who is serving as a Member of the European Parliament.
The United Union of German Railway Workers was a trade union representing railway workers in Germany.
