Working group agreement

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In the working group agreement on November 15, 1918, shortly after the proclamation of the republic on November 9, 1918, the employers 'and workers' associations agreed on the guidelines that were to determine their future cooperation.

The working group agreement included the recognition of the trade unions as legitimate representatives of the workers by the employers. It also contained (cf. the Stinnes-Legien Agreement of 1917) non-state collective agreements (also included in the Weimar Constitution a year later) and the formation of workers' committees in the factories.

In the following years, however, the two parties to the agreement had more problems in agreeing on collective agreements. Workers' representation in the factories was also given little weight. Nevertheless, from 1918 the agreement formed an important part of the non-state labor market reforms.

literature

  • Manfred G. Schmidt: Social Policy in Germany . Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1998, p. 48 f .
  • Volker Hentschel: German economic and social policy . Athenäum-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1980, p. 52 f .
  • Ludwig Preller: Social Policy in the Weimar Republic . Athenäum-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1978.