Operation of socialist labor
The enterprise of socialist work was a state award of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), which was awarded in the form of an order. Donated on March 6, 1969, this title could be awarded 15 times a year to:
- Businesses and trade,
- Industrial combines,
- Transport and communications combinations,
- Agricultural and food industry combines and
- Health care institutions (polyclinics, etc.) and
- Production and cooperation companies.
The prerequisite for the award was that the company had performed outstandingly and had distinguished itself through constant and above all stable company development. With the award of the award, which was in the form of a bronze plaque and was to be attached to the main factory gate, every employee of the company received a bonus (usually in the form of money). The bronze plaque had the dimensions 295 × 490 mm and showed in each of the four corners a vertical and horizontal oak leaf. In the upper part, the GDR's national coat of arms was embossed, as was the three-line signature: OPERATION OF / SOCIALISTIC / ARBEIT . The Eisenach automobile plant, for example, should be mentioned as an excellent plant .