Bruno Köbele

Bruno Walter Köbele (born August 10, 1934 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a former German trade unionist . From 1991 to 1995 he was federal chairman of the then industrial union Bau-Steine-Erden .

Life

Bruno Köbele began training as a bricklayer in 1949 , which he completed in 1952 with the journeyman's examination. He then worked from 1952 to 1960, initially as a bricklayer and mason foreman.

In 1950 Köbele joined the Bau-Steine-Erden industrial union (IG BSE) and initially held various voluntary positions. In 1960 he became managing director of the Freiburg district association. Bruno Köbele has also been a member of the SPD since 1957 . His further union career then led him a. a. as a trade union advisory board (1964) and specialist (1967) up to the federal executive committee, of which he has been a member since 1969. In 1982 he became deputy chairman of IG BSE and in 1985 president of the European Federation of Wood and Construction Workers. The high point of his national trade union activity was the election of Konrad Carl's successor as federal chairman in 1991. Under his leadership, the representations of IG BSE in the new federal states were established. Awarded the Federal Cross of Merit several times, including the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, he finally retired from trade union life in 1995 after health problems. Klaus Wiesehügel was elected as his successor as federal chairman .

Two years after his retirement from the federal chairmanship, his party friend Georg Leber succeeded in persuading him to work for the International Federation , a non-profit educational institution. In 1999 he became Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Vice President in 2001 and finally President in 2003.

Act

Bruno Köbele's name is closely linked to the collective agreement anchoring vocational training in the construction industry. The collective agreement provides for a solidarity-based, pay-as-you-go procedure for construction companies to participate in the costs of vocational training. In this way, many school leavers were given a qualified training in the construction industry. The collective agreement, which is still valid today, is unique in the history of the union.

Web links

• Press release of the International Federation, July 2004 (accessed on October 15, 2010) (PDF; 35 kB)
• Bruno Walter Köbele continues to lend a hand, Badische Zeitung from August 17, 2009, accessed on October 15, 2010