Hans Böckler Foundation

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Hans Böckler Foundation
Hans Böckler Foundation Logo.svg
Legal form: Non-profit foundation
Purpose: Co-determination, research and study funding organization of the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB)
Chair: Reiner Hoffmann
Board of Trustees: Elke Hannack (Chair)
Managing directors: Michael Guggemos
Consist: Since 1977 (based on the decision of the DGB from the merger of the predecessor Stiftung Mitbestigung, founded in 1954 , with the Hans-Böckler-Gesellschaft )
Balance sheet total: 73.6 million euros (2017/2018)
Seat: Dusseldorf
Website: boeckler.de

no founder specified

The foundation is based in Düsseldorf

The Hans Böckler Foundation (HBS) is the co-determination, research and study funding organization of the German Trade Union Federation (DGB). She is a non-profit foundation with headquarters in Dusseldorf . It was named after the first chairman of the DGB, Hans Böckler . The Hans Böckler Foundation is committed to co-determination as a design principle in all of its fields of activity and promotes this idea. She supports mandate holders in codetermination functions and advocates extended codetermination rights. It also wants to help improve working conditions and promote social justice . The foundation is one of the 13 gifted support organizations in the Federal Republic of Germany that support students and doctoral candidates with outstanding achievements financially and ideally in their academic training. It also supports scientific research projects financially and conducts research in scientific institutes that are part of the foundation.

history

origin

After the introduction of the coal and steel co-determination in 1951, there were various attempts by the unions through institutions to fundamentally develop the field of personnel policy; also outside of the mining, iron and steel industries. In November 1952, for example, the Society for Social Business Practice (GsB) and the Association for Social Business Practice were founded. The GsB limited itself to scientific and journalistic tasks. Among other things, the association should promote the exchange of experiences and opinions among the members. Both the GsB and the association could never be established and after a reorganization in 1954 lost their importance.

After consultations between the DGB, IG Metall , IGBE and WWI , which was founded in 1946, the Hans Böckler Society was founded on April 23, 1954 to promote participation in theory and practice in order to improve the exchange of experience between employee representatives. In the same year, the DGB founded the Mitbestigung Foundation for the training and education of employees. Both institutions were financed through donations from the employee representatives and their representatives.

In 1955, the Hans-Böckler-Gesellschaft published the magazine Das Mitbestungs- talk (today, Codetermination ) for the first time . She also organized regular information meetings for employee representatives in major German cities.

A stronger obligation to submit remuneration from employee activities on the basis of DGB resolutions also increased the financial possibilities of the Foundation for Codetermination in particular . In 1964 the annual budget for student grants was 2.2 million marks . The budget of the Hans Böckler Society in the same year was 200,000 marks. Both institutions cooperated with each other. For example, they performed with joint stands at trade union days. In the 1970s and through a new debate on the topic of co-determination, which resulted in the Co-Determination Act of 1976, the Hans Böckler Society and the Foundation for Co-Determination became closer . Due to the expansion of co-determination due to the new law and the resources resulting from it, the unions decided to bundle these resources in one institution.

Founded in 1977

On July 1, 1977, the Hans-Böckler-Foundation was established through the merger of the Hans-Böckler-Gesellschaft and the Mitbestigung Foundation. The newly established Hans Böckler Foundation described itself in the foundation's first annual report in 1977 as an instrument of the DGB "which must be used to improve the situation of workers in the education and employment system". Neither the education system nor the economic system should be left to the "inhuman laws of the market". The DGB obliged the employee representatives on supervisory boards to transfer their supervisory board income to the non-profit Hans Böckler Foundation. The aim was to prevent employee representatives from becoming personally enriched by the positions on the Supervisory Board.

In 1982, the first published in 1955, the magazine Das Mitbestungs- talk was renamed Die Mitbestigung . At the same time, they switched to a magazine design with large photos and a designed cover. Since 1995 the magazine has only been called co-determination .

1990-2000

In 1995, the Economic and Social Science Institute (WSI), founded in 1946 as an economic science institute, was the first research facility to be integrated into the Hans Böckler Foundation. In 1996, together with the Bertelsmann Foundation , the Hans Böckler Foundation set up a codetermination commission (“Codetermination and New Corporate Cultures - Balance Sheet and Perspectives”), the final report of which was presented in 1998. The commission should examine "the influence of co-determination on business decisions and economic efficiency, social security and social solidarity" and take stock of co-determination practice in Germany. According to the scientific director Wolfgang Streeck, one of the recommendations of the commission was the "establishment of a continuous, trusting dialogue at the top level of the social partners in order to achieve greater consensus on key issues of social and collective bargaining policy through joint observation of corporate practice."

Since 2000

In 2005 the foundation established the Institute for Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Research (IMK) with the aim of creating a counterweight to studies financed by the economy. The IMK is one of the most influential economic policy think tanks in the world.

In 2005 and 2006, several experts from the Hans Böckler Foundation worked on the commission for the modernization of German corporate co-determination ("second Biedenkopf commission"), which was appointed in 2005 by the then Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder .

On September 1, 2015, the Hans Böckler Foundation launched the co-determination portal, an information service for co-determination practitioners.

On January 1, 2018, the Institute for Codetermination and Management (IMU) emerged from the Codetermination Promotion Department of the Hans-Böckler-Stifutng . At the same time, the foundation was strengthened by another scientific institute: the Hugo Sinzheimer Institute for Labor Law (HSI), founded in Frankfurt am Main in 2010 as part of the Otto Brenner Foundation , became part of the foundation.

To promote science, the Hans Böckler Foundation has been awarding the Maria Weber Grant annually since 2018, which financially supports four scientists. The grants are used to finance a partial replacement for the teaching duties of the sponsored for one to two semesters. The award is named after Maria Weber , the former deputy chairwoman of the DGB. In 1977 Weber was also a member of the foundation's first board of trustees.

Organization and financing

The Hans Böckler Foundation today has around 200 employees, most of them in Düsseldorf, the headquarters of the foundation. The foundation also has offices in Frankfurt (HSI) and Berlin (including the Research Center Work of the Future ).

According to the 2018 annual report, the budget for the 2017/18 financial year had a total volume of 73.6 million euros. 61 percent of the foundation's income came from donations from sponsors. Above all, employee representatives on supervisory boards, labor directors as well as board members and managing directors of trade union companies - in accordance with a resolution of the DGB Federal Committee - transferred part of their remuneration or income to the Hans-Böckler-Foundation. In addition, the foundation receives earmarked funds from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research for the award of scholarships . This was around EUR 28.6 million or 36.8 percent of the foundation's budget in the 2017/18 financial year.

management

The foundation is managed by a board of directors. The chairman of the board is the incumbent DGB chairman Reiner Hoffmann (as of 2019). The board is elected for a period of three years. The board of directors appoints a full-time management body, the directorate, to prepare and implement the resolutions of the foundation's organs and to deal with current business. Michael Guggemos has been the managing director since the beginning of 2014 .

The board of directors is in turn elected by the current 41 members (as of 2019) of the foundation's board of trustees. The chairman of the board of trustees is Elke Hannack (Deputy Chairwoman of the German Federation of Trade Unions). The members of the board of trustees are appointed by the DGB for four years.

Institutes and departments

The Hans Böckler Foundation has four scientific institutes and two funding departments: research funding and study funding.

Economic and Social Science Institute (WSI)

The WSI conducts research on work and the world in which we live, the transformation of work, social inequality and social risks, and the European social model. In the WSI tariff archive, the institute provides extensive documentation and evaluations on aspects of tariff policy.

Institute for Macroeconomics and Business Cycle Research (IMK)

The IMK researches economic phenomena on the basis of macroeconomic model relationships. The focus is on empirical research. It is based on Keynesian approaches of economic theory. The main focus of the work is on economic research, German and European financial and tax policy, monetary policy and macroeconomic labor market research.

Hugo Sinzheimer Institute for Labor Law (HSI)

In the tradition of its namesake Hugo Sinzheimer , the HSI, based in Frankfurt, is dedicated to national and international research on labor and social law. His topics include issues of IT labor law, collective bargaining and industrial action law, as well as co-determination and European labor law in the form of the case law of the European Court of Justice .

Institute for Codetermination and Management (IMU)

The IMU advises employee representatives on supervisory boards on questions of supervisory board work, economics and law, human resources and social affairs as well as training and further education. The institute also conducts research, for example on the relationship between sustainable corporate management and co-determination. With practical knowledge of company agreements , the IMU offers a large database with excerpts on various topics in company agreements.

Research funding

The Hans Böckler Foundation funds around 100 research projects a year on current issues and problems. The research funding initiates and promotes scientific projects at universities and non-university research institutions on the topics of structural change and innovation, co-determination, gainful employment, the welfare state, education in the world of work and the history of trade unions. Completed studies are published by the Hans Böckler Foundation.

Study funding

Admission to the Hans Böckler Foundation

The Hans Böckler Foundation supports particularly talented scholarship holders. They are expected to be union, socio-political and socially active. They should be productive and complete their studies quickly; they typically want to achieve a lot in their job. The aim of the funding is to ensure that scholarship holders take on responsibility in society after completing their studies.

The Hans Böckler Foundation supports its scholarship holders financially as well as ideally. With an annual average of more than 2,700 scholarship holders, the foundation is one of the largest agencies for the promotion of talented students in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Financial support

The financial support is based on the guidelines of BAföG . However, the scholarship does not have to be repaid later. A distinction is made between basic funding and doctoral funding.

As part of the basic funding, the scholarship is suspended

  • currently max. 744 euros BAföG maximum rate per month;
  • 300 euros flat rate for study costs;
  • if necessary, a subsidy for health and long-term care insurance of a maximum of 86 euros per month

together. In addition to the scholarship, a family allowance of 155 euros per month and a childcare allowance of 130 euros per month can be paid if at least one child living in the household has personal custody rights.

Doctoral students receive a monthly grant of 1,350 euros. In addition, there is usually a monthly research fee of 100 euros. Additionally they get

  • up to 100 € allowance for health insurance.
  • possibly a family allowance of 155 euros and
  • a child allowance of 155 euros if at least one child living in the household has personal custody rights.

Stays abroad are additionally funded through scholarships or foreign allowances and the partial assumption of tuition fees. According to No. 11 Income Tax Act (EStG), payments from the scholarship are tax-free.

Non-material support

The ideal support program includes summer academies , scientific colleges, language courses , short conferences , seminars and support from local liaison lecturers who take on this task on a voluntary basis for the Hans Böckler Foundation. Each semester, the scholarship holders must write a report on their studies and other commitments. In addition, the sponsored have the opportunity to develop and implement their own conferences and other events independently. To do this, they can apply for money from the Hans-Böckler-Stiftung's solidarity fund, which is funded by donations from the scholars and liaison lecturers. The Hans Böckler Foundation also arranges internships and offers a mentoring program.

Summer academy of all organizations promoting talented students

In the period from 2019 to 2022, the Hans Böckler Foundation is organizing a summer academy for all organizations promoting the gifted. The academy would like to create a common platform for young, talented, committed people who are committed to democracy. The summer academies are funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has taken on the patronage . The first summer academy took place from August 26 to September 2, 2019 on the topic of "Shaping Democracy!" held in Heidelberg.

facts and figures

The Hans Böckler Foundation currently supports around 2,740 scholarship holders (as of 2018) and has around 16,000 old scholarship holders. 51 percent of the scholarship holders come from non-academic families (as of 2018) and 36.1 percent have a migration background (as of 2018).

Number of scholarship holders by subject group (as of 2018):

Subject group Number of scholarship holders
STEM subjects 649
Art, art history 98
Medicine and veterinary medicine 152
Law, economics and social sciences 1,047
Sports 2
Linguistics and cultural studies 744

Union membership of the sponsored scholarship holders (as of 2018) :

labor union Percentage
ver.di 36.1
IG Metall 18.7
GEW 18.5
IG BCE 5.2
IG BAU 1.5
NGG 1.2
EVG 0.9
GdP 0.1
no 17.3

Gender of the sponsored scholarship holders (as of 2018):

Male Female
1,370 1,322

Topics and goals

Participation in the future

As one of its central tasks, the foundation sees the promotion of corporate and entrepreneurial co-determination as the basis of justice, good corporate governance and security in the social market economy . By advising and training works and staff councils and employee representatives on supervisory boards, the foundation aims to strengthen the principle of co-determination in the economy. The foundation also deals with the topic of co-determination in its scientific research. Under the heading “Workers' Voice”, a commission formed for this purpose researched differently managed co-determination practices in the EU. In addition, the foundation was able to show in studies that co-determination has a positive effect on working conditions and the economic success of companies.

Social Europe

Dealing with questions of justice and distribution is one of the central topics of the Hans Böckler Foundation. Numerous studies and research papers have already been submitted. The foundation's research examines, for example, how wealth, inheritance and high rents increase social inequality, how incomes diverge and to what extent developments like these can be positively influenced against the background of a just society. One focus of research on this topic is the European perspective, such as the development of unemployment in Europe or the working conditions of migrants.

Work of the future

One of the main topics of the Hans Böckler Foundation are working conditions and wages. Stable employment relationships beyond forms of employment such as mini-jobs or temporary work are viewed by the foundation as a central source of wealth for society. Collective agreements and wage developments are regularly evaluated by the Hans Böckler Foundation. Bad working conditions in the service sector, especially in care and logistics, as well as the development of the low-wage sector have been highlighted in several studies. In addition, the foundation is investigating the effects of more flexible working hours and the increase in home office arrangements in the world of work.

Digitization and the associated changes in the world of work have particularly shaped the research work of the Foundation in recent times. For example, the foundation published the final report of the “Work of the Future” commission , in which leading experts from politics, business and science worked out food for thought. The foundation does not see the direction in which this change is going as an inevitable consequence of technical progress, but as socially and politically influenceable. Further studies by the foundation deal, among other things, with crowdwork and platform-based business models.

Challenges of globalization

When it comes to globalization , the foundation researches in particular macroeconomic relationships as well as financial markets and their regulation as well as global value chains. The foundation prepares economic forecasts four times a year. Since 2012, the foundation has also been calculating on a monthly basis how likely it is that the German economy will experience a downturn or a boom in the next three months. The construction of the euro has also been a focus since the financial crisis in 2007/2008. The foundation criticized the European austerity policy as a result of the crisis in the euro area. The foundation pursues the topic of globalization at different levels: Research on dangerous imbalances in the world economy is just as much a part of it as research on “Global Framework Agreements”, which oblige companies to maintain fair working relationships across their entire supply chain.

Publications

Its publications and data portals such as the salary index, the gender data portal and the economic index are freely available on the foundation's website.

  • Co-determination magazine : The co-determination magazine reports on the work of the foundation, trade unionists and co-determination actors such as works and supervisory boards. It is distributed free of charge in print and appears online on the foundation's website.
  • Böckler Impuls : Böckler Impuls is a bi-weekly information service of the foundation, which prepares the research results of the institutes and funded studies in the form of texts and infographics. Böckler Impuls is distributed as a print edition and in the form of a digital newsletter and is free of charge.
  • Böckler Schule : Böckler Schule provides up-to-date materials for socio-economic lessons in secondary levels I and II . This includes didactically prepared teaching units, themed booklets on selected current topics, graphics and articles on the latest research results.
  • The co-determination portal : The co-determination portal provides information, materials and tools from the foundation on the subject of co-determination. The portal is aimed primarily at employee representatives; but is freely accessible to all interested parties. Use is free after registration.

Hans Böckler Prize

The Hans Böckler Prize is the highest award of the Hans Böckler Foundation, the German Federation of Trade Unions and its member unions.

The prize was awarded to personalities and organizations who are particularly concerned with improving the working and living conditions of employees and their families, creating jobs and training positions, education and training, social cohesion and solidarity among the People as well as participation and participation in business and society.

Award winners

The price has been suspended since 2002. In 2003 the city of Cologne decided in memory of its honorary citizen (since 1951) to award the Hans Böckler Prize of the city of Cologne every two years from 2005 onwards .

Former scholarship holders

The foundation's former scholarship holders include:

Web links

Individual evidence

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