German Trade Union Confederation (W Germany) Free German Trade Union Federation (E Germany)
Founded
5 July 1919 (1919-07-05)
Dissolved
May 2, 1933 (1933-05-02)
Headquarters
6 Inselstraße, Berlin
Location
Germany
Members
7,890,102 (1920)[1]
Publication
Gewerkschafts-Zeitung
Affiliations
IFTU
The General German Trade Union Federation (German: Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, ADGB) 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.
^Lawrence, Andrew (2014). Employer and Worker Collective Action. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 150. ISBN 978-1107071759.
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