German Transport Workers' Union
Freidrich → Friedrich
| ← Previous revision | Revision as of 17:50, 23 April 2026 | ||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
The '''German Transport Workers' Union''' ({{langx|de|Deutscher Transportarbeiter-Verband}}, DTV) was a [[trade union]] representing transport workers in Germany. |
The '''German Transport Workers' Union''' ({{langx|de|Deutscher Transportarbeiter-Verband}}, DTV) was a [[trade union]] representing transport workers in Germany. |
||
The union was founded in 1897 as the '''Association of Commercial, Transport and Communication Workers''', and it affiliated to the [[General Commission of German Trade Unions]]. It grew rapidly, with the German Railway Workers' Union joining in 1908, and the [[Union of Dockers of Germany]] and the [[Central Union of Sailors of Germany]] both joining in 1910, taking membership to 230,000 by 1913.{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Joan |last2=Windmuller |first2=John P. |title=European Labor Unions |date=1992 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=031326371X |page=164}}{{cite web |title=Verbandssystematische Übersicht der Vorstandsmitglieder |url=http://library.fes.de/fulltext/bibliothek/tit00205/00205r.htm |website= |
The union was founded in 1897 as the '''Association of Commercial, Transport and Communication Workers''', and it affiliated to the [[General Commission of German Trade Unions]]. It grew rapidly, with the German Railway Workers' Union joining in 1908, and the [[Union of Dockers of Germany]] and the [[Central Union of Sailors of Germany]] both joining in 1910, taking membership to 230,000 by 1913.{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Joan |last2=Windmuller |first2=John P. |title=European Labor Unions |date=1992 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=031326371X |page=164}}{{cite web |title=Verbandssystematische Übersicht der Vorstandsmitglieder |url=http://library.fes.de/fulltext/bibliothek/tit00205/00205r.htm |website=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung |accessdate=27 May 2020}} |
||
Although the Railway Workers disaffiliated in 1916, as the [[German Railway Union]], the DTV embarked on a series of further mergers: with the German Porters' Union in 1919, the Central Union of German Post and Telegraph Staff in 1921, and the [[Union of Domestic Workers of Germany]] in 1923. Membership peaked at 582,000 in 1922. After [[World War I]], it affiliated to the new [[General German Trade Union Confederation]]. In 1923, it shortened its name to become the '''German Transport Union'''. |
Although the Railway Workers disaffiliated in 1916, as the [[German Railway Union]], the DTV embarked on a series of further mergers: with the German Porters' Union in 1919, the Central Union of German Post and Telegraph Staff in 1921, and the [[Union of Domestic Workers of Germany]] in 1923. Membership peaked at 582,000 in 1922. After [[World War I]], it affiliated to the new [[General German Trade Union Confederation]]. In 1923, it shortened its name to become the '''German Transport Union'''. |
||
