Association of the Bavarian Economy

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Association of Bavarian Economy
(vbw)
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legal form Registered association
founding 1998
Seat Munich
main emphasis Umbrella organization of the Bavarian economy
Chair Wolfram Hatz
Managing directors Bertram Brossardt
Employees 137 associations, 44 companies
Website www.vbw-bayern.de

The vbw - Association of Bavarian Economy e. V. , as a voluntary, cross-sector umbrella organization of the Bavarian economy, represents 137 Bavarian employers' and business associations as well as 44 individual companies from the fields of industry, craft, construction, wholesale and foreign trade, retail, banks, insurance, agriculture and forestry, professions and other service industries in Bavaria towards governmental and non-governmental organizations and the public. In the branches of the vbw member associations there are around 4.8 million employees who are subject to social insurance contributions throughout Bavaria; that is almost 90 percent of all employees in the Free State. The association has its seat in Munich. Its current President is Wolfram Hatz, and Bertram Brossardt has been the General Manager since 2005 .

The association is particularly dedicated to the topics of social policy , economic policy , law and educational policy .

history

The first years

The first attempts to found a Bavarian industrial association failed in 1896 and 1899. In 1900, the Federation of Industrialists founded a district association in Nuremberg, from which in 1902 a southern German district association emerged. At that time, the BDI primarily represented the processing industry, whereas the textile, iron and machine industries were represented throughout Germany by the competing Central Association of German Industrialists . In order to prevent the industrial representation in Bavaria from being split in two, the Bavarian Industrialists' Association (BIV) was founded in 1902 as the first joint interest group for Bavarian industry. The declared goal was, among other things, the "improvement of traffic routes, municipal affairs and freight tariffs", whereas the pursuit of "any party political goals" was excluded. In the first few years only companies were members of the BIV, until the first associations joined in 1906. The number of memberships increased from 76 (1902) to 354 (1903) in the first year.

Weimar Republic

After the First World War , in 1924 sole proprietorships and 37 associations were members of the BIV. This strong increase in membership is due to several factors: The successful representation of interests vis-à-vis the Bavarian state government was the main motive for joining in the first decade of the association's existence. During the First World War, the BVI was able to provide its members with orders for army supplies through good contacts with the war committee of German industry, which prompted other entrepreneurs to join. The November Revolution in 1918, the end of the monarchy, the formation of the Soviet Republic in Bavaria and the associated uncertainty about the political future led to the highest level of membership in 1919. In the same year, the BVI represented the employers in the negotiations on the first Bavarian state - Collective agreement. However, since the BVI had promised to devote itself to purely economic-political issues through a cartel agreement concluded in 1905, the “Bavarian State Office of the Association of German Employers' Associations” (VAB) was founded in 1919. In 1924 this was called the "Association of Bavarian Employers". From this point in time, the political interest representation of the Bavarian economy was organizationally separated from the social policy representation. VBA and BVI coordinated their activities through the specially established "State Committee of Bavarian Industry", which was jointly led by both associations.

After the seizure of power by the National Socialists and the Bavarian industry associations have been brought into line gradually. On June 19, 1933, the "Reichsverband der Deutschen Industrie" (Reich Association of German Industry) merged with the "Association of German Employers' Associations" to form the "Reichsstand der Deutschen Industrie" and thus brought it into line. In the Third Reich, management advisory offices of the "German Labor Front" took on the task of representing and advising companies on economic and social policy issues, as well as representation before labor courts.

After 1945

After the end of the Second World War , the US military administration allowed professional industry and employers' associations to merge, but the establishment of umbrella organizations was initially prohibited. After the Bavarian Trade Union Confederation was re-established in 1947, the state council of the American occupation area also approved the first social law amalgamation of Bavarian industry to form the "Social Law Community of Bavaria", which in the same year led to the establishment of the "Association of the Bavarian Metal Industry". However, a joint employer representation was not approved by the American military government until 1949 , after the need for a collective agreement became increasingly apparent . On July 27, 1949, the "Association of Employers in Bavaria" (VAB) was founded. Since a large number of business associations, committees and committees were active in Bavaria at this time without any coordination, the "State Committee of Bavarian Industry" was founded on November 2, 1949 in the Munich Medical Center.

Due to the personnel structure of the founding board of directors - “only gentlemen who were not party members (in the Third Reich)” - the approval of the new association went smoothly. As a central point, it should deal with interdisciplinary cross-sectional tasks and thus avoid over-organization by the various associations and chambers of industry and commerce. After the need for a joint organization of Bavarian industry was recognized, but no new association was established, the state committee of Bavarian industry was transformed into the "State Association of Bavarian Industry" through a constitutional reform in 1951. In the same year the “Information Center of the Bavarian Economy”, which today as ibw - Information Center of the Bavarian Economy, is also part of the structure of the vbw, was founded.

The VAB and the LBI were formally separated - the LBI did not comment on questions of collective bargaining policy and the VAB did not comment on questions of economic policy - however, due to the overlapping membership structure and the same problem areas, the same topics were dealt with in terms of content. In order to use synergy effects here and to represent uniform positions as employer and industry in socio-political issues, the Association of Bavarian Economy emerged in 1998 from the merger of the State Association of Bavarian Industry and the Association of Employers' Associations in Bavaria . Erich Sennebogen became the first president of the new association . In 2000 Randolf Rodenstock was elected President.

Goals and Positions

The association sees itself as the central representation of interests of the Bavarian economy with the aim of maintaining and increasing the competitiveness of Bavarian companies. The social responsibility of the economy is to be strengthened at all levels and the scope for economic activity to be preserved. At the same time, securing social peace is a declared goal. The vbw wants to bundle the competences and experiences of the Bavarian economy and actively participate in the pluralistic society by providing facts.

structure

Regional

In terms of its regional subdivision, the association is based on the Bavarian administrative districts and thus has seven regional district groups.

Organizationally

The main office in Munich is organized according to thematic areas in the following departments:

  • Chief Executive
  • Central Services
  • Social and societal politics
  • Economic policy
  • Policy Department Law
  • Planning and coordination
  • Education and integration
  • Regions and Services
  • Operations, Marketing, ICT, Chief Digital Officer
  • ibw - Information Center of the Bavarian Economy eV

Members

The association currently has 137 member associations and 44 sustaining members.

Presidium chairmen / presidents

BVI (1902-1936)

  • Hermann Aust (May 31, 1902 to January 10, 1906)
  • Anton von Rieppel (January 10, 1906 to September 15, 1922)
  • Walter G. Clairmont (1922–1926)
  • Gottlieb Matthias Lippart (1926–1933)
  • Eugen Böhringer (1933–1936)

LBI (1949-1998)

  • Otto Seeling (1949–1955)
  • Rolf Rodenstock (1955–1977)
  • Eberhard von Kuenheim (1977–1982)
  • Otto Voisard (1982-1984)
  • Eberhard von Kuenheim (1984–1992)
  • Manfred Scholz (1992–1998)

VAB (1947–1998)

  • Otto Meyer (1947–1962)
  • Heinrich Freiberger (1962–1973)
  • Walter Mohr (1973–1977)
  • Ernst Wrede (1977–1985)
  • Hubert Starker (1985–1997)

vbw (from 1998)

  • Erich Sennebogen (1998-2000)
  • Randolf Rodenstock (2000-2013)
  • Alfred Gaffal (2013-2019)
  • Wolfram Hatz (since 2019)

Chief Executive

BVI

  • Alfred Kuhlo (from May 31, 1902)
  • Max Grasmann (1923-1936)

LBI

  • Reinhold F. Bender (1949–1962)
  • Hermann Frisch (1962–1977)
  • Hanns Egon Freund (1977–1994)

VAB

  • Eugen Bunzl (1947–1965)
  • Wolf Moser (1965–1987)
  • Karl Bayer (1988–1998)

vbw

literature

  • Albat, Stefan; Ebersperger, Andreas; Moser, Eva (2002): 100 Years of Economic Policy Associations in Bavaria 1902 - 2002 From the Bavarian Industrial Association to the United Bavarian Economy. Munich: ibw, vbw, BWA.
  • Moser, Eva (2002): Companies in Bavaria. The regional association of Bavarian industry and its executive committee from 1948 to 1978. In: Schlemmer, Thomas; Woller, Hans (Ed.): Society in Transition 1949 to 1973. Institute for Contemporary History: Bavaria in the Bund - Volume 2. Munich: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag.
  • VAB - Association of Employers' Associations in Bavaria. Annual report 1988/1989: Forty years of VAB: The hard road to re-establishment on July 27, 1949.
  • vbw - Association of Bavarian Business. Annual report 1998/99

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About us. Retrieved December 4, 2019 .
  2. ↑ About us. Retrieved December 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ About us. Retrieved April 18, 2019 .
  4. ↑ vbw Presidium. Retrieved May 9, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Curriculum Vitae Bertram Brossardt: [1]
  6. ↑ [100 years of economic associations in Bavaria - 1902-2002 p. 6]
  7. ↑ [100 Years of Economic Policy Associations in Bavaria - 1902-2002 p. 10]
  8. ↑ Fuchs, Rainer (1988): The Bavarian Chambers of Industry and Commerce in Reconstruction, 1945 to 1948. Between American democratization and tradition of self-administration, pp. 84f
  9. ↑ [100 Years of Economic Policy Associations in Bavaria - From the Bavarian Industrial Association to the Association of Bavarian Economy]
  10. ↑ https://www.vbw-bayern.de/vbw/%C3%9Cber-uns/Organisation/Organigramm/Organigramm-5.jsp
  11. ↑ About us. Retrieved December 4, 2019 .
  12. ↑ About us. Retrieved December 4, 2019 .