The General German Civil Service Federation (German: Allgemeiner Deutscher Beamtenbund, ADB) was a trade union representing civil servants in Germany.
In 1922, the German Civil Service Federation (DBB) opposed a strike by railway workers. In protest, the federation's more left-wing affiliates left and on 8 June founded the "General German Civil Service Federation". The new federation soon negotiated a partnership agreement with the General German Trade Union Federation, and the AfA-Bund. It also worked closely with the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), but because some SPD supporters remained part of the DBB, the SPD only recognised the new federation in 1930.[1]
The federation was led by Albert Falkenberg and published the journal Mitteilungsblatt der Gewerkschaflichen Beamtenzentrale. From 1925, it was affiliated to the International Federation of Civil Servants.[1]
Membership of the federation was initially 350,000 but, due to reductions of the size of the German civil service, by 1932, it was down to 171,000. Once a Nazi government was elected, the federation anticipated that it would be banned, and so pre-empted this by dissolving, on 6 April 1933.[2]
As of 1928, the following unions were affiliated to the ADB, some only in respect of part of their membership:[1]
- Central Union of Employees
- Central Union of Machinists and Stokers
- General German Postal Union
- German Musicians' Union
- General Union of German Bank Employees
- German Foremen's Union
- German Workers' Union
- National Union of German Administrative Officials
- National Union of German Municipal Officials
- Union of Administrative Officials
- Union of German Judicial and Criminal Justice Officials
- Union of German Professional Firefighters
- Union of German Teachers
- Union of Municipal and State Workers
- Union of Prison, Criminal Police, and Educational Officials
- Union of Saxon State Officials
- Union of Technical Employees and Officials
- Union of Thuringian Police Officers
- United Union of German Railway Workers
References edit
- ^ a b c Falkenburg, Albert (1931). Allgemeiner Deutscher Beamtenbund (ADB). ADGB. pp. 19–23. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ Potthoff, Heinrich (1987). Freie Gewerkschaften 1918-1933. Droste.