Union of Mining and Energy

The Union of Mining and Energy (German: IG Bergbau und Energie, IGBE) was a trade union in Germany which existed from 1946 until 1997.

History

In the early 20th-century, there were several miners' unions in Germany, the most important being the Union of Miners of Germany. All German unions were forcibly dissolved by the Nazis in 1933.[1]

The union was founded in 1946, covering only the British Occupation Zone. From 1948, it began covering the mining industry in the whole of West Germany and adopted the name IG Bergbau. In 1960 the union added "and energy" to its name.[2]

In 1990, the East Germany Wismut union, representing miners and energy workers, merged into IGBE.[3] By 1996, the union had 335,317 members, but 49% of these were not active - either retired or unemployed.[4] In 1997, the union merged with the IG Chemie-Papier-Keramik, and Gewerkschaft Leder, to form the IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie.[2]

Leadership

Presidents
1946: August Schmidt[2]
1953: Heinrich Imig[2]
1956: Heinrich Gutermuth[2]
1964: Walter Arendt[2]
1969: Adolf Schmidt[2]
1985: Heinz-Werner Meyer[2]
1990: Hans Berger[2]

Vice Presidents
1946: Willy Agatz[2]
1948: Heinrich Imig[2]
1953: Heinrich Gutermuth[2]
1956: Fritz Dahlmann[2]
1964: Heinz Oskar Vetter[2]
1969: Karl van Bark[2]
1971: Helmut Gelhorn[2]
1978: Hans Alker[2]
1984: Heinz-Werner Meyer[2]
1985: Walter Beer[2]
1988: Hans Berger[2]
1990: Klaus Südhofer[2]
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References
  1. "Verband Deutscher Bergbauindustriearbeiter". EHRI. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. Bresser, Klaus; Thüer, Christoph (2000). Recklinghausen im Industriezeitalter. Bitter. p. 462. ISBN 3933480094.
  3. "IG Mining - IG Mining Energy - IG Mining Energy Water Management (1946-90)". FDGB Lexicon. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  4. Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 310. ISBN 0333771125.
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