Alexander Schlicke

Alexander Schlicke

Alexander Schlicke (born March 26, 1863 in Berlin , † February 2, 1940 in Stuttgart ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

Life and work

After attending the Köllnisches Gymnasium in Berlin , which he left with the upper secondary qualification, Schlicke completed an apprenticeship as a precision mechanic from 1881 to 1884 . He also worked in this profession until 1891, when he joined the German Metalworkers 'Association as a workers' secretary . From 1895 to 1919 he was its chairman and successfully strengthened the union's position. At the association congress in Cologne in 1917 , he was sharply attacked because of the union leadership's truce policy and - despite the advocacy of Carl Legien - he was only just re-elected as chairman 64 to 53. In 1917/18 he also worked as an expert for the trade unions in the War Office in Berlin.

MP

Schlicke had already tried in 1912 to be elected to the Reichstag for the SPD. However, he already lost to the local candidate Oskar Trinks with 21 against 77 votes in the internal candidate list in the Baden constituency 9 . After all, he was a member of the Weimar National Assembly in 1919/20 and then to the Reichstag until 1930 .

Public offices

In the Weimar Republic , he was Württemberg Labor Minister for a short time in 1919 and Reich Labor Minister from June 20, 1919 to June 8, 1920 , after he had prevailed against Hugo Sinzheimer with 69 to 35 votes in an internal party vote . His main task during this time was the reintegration of those involved in the war into economic working life. Particular achievements are the passing of the Works Council Act in January 1920, the creation of a Reich Office for Employment Services and the obligation to give preference to the severely disabled. A 278-paragraph arbitration ordinance, which strengthened employers against unions and strikes, can also be traced back to Schlicke. After his tenure, he moved to the International Labor Organization in Geneva .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Irmgard Steinisch: Reduction of working hours and social change . Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 1986, ISBN 3-11-010483-0 , page 328.
2. ^ Eberhard Kolb: Friedrich Ebert as President of the Reich. Administration and understanding of office . Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 1997, ISBN 3-486-56107-3 , page 39, footnote 98.

literature

• Eckhard Hansen, Florian Tennstedt (Eds.) U. a .: Biographical lexicon on the history of German social policy from 1871 to 1945 . Volume 2: Social politicians in the Weimar Republic and during National Socialism 1919 to 1945. Kassel University Press, Kassel 2018, ISBN 978-3-7376-0474-1 , p. 168 f. ( Online , PDF; 3.9 MB).
• Alexander Schlicke . In: Franz Osterroth : Biographical Lexicon of Socialism . Deceased personalities . Vol. 1. JHW Dietz Nachf., Hanover 1960, pp. 266-267.
• Michael Oberstadt:  Schlicke, Alexander. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 80 ( digitized version ).
• Michael Ruck : Schlicke, Franz Edmund Alexander (1863–1940). In: Biographical Dictionary of European Labor Leaders , ed. A. Thomas Lane u. a., Vol. 2, Westport, Ct./London 1995, p. 857. ISBN 0-313-29900-5
• Martin Schumacher (Hrsg.): MdR The Reichstag members of the Weimar Republic in the time of National Socialism. Political persecution, emigration and expatriation, 1933–1945. A biographical documentation . 3rd, considerably expanded and revised edition. Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5183-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Alexander Schlicke in the catalog of the German National Library
• Alexander Schlicke in the database of members of the Reichstag
• Alexander Schlicke's curriculum vitae on the website of the Independent Commission of Historians for Research into the History of the Reich Labor Ministry 1933–1945