DGB district Lower Saxony - Bremen - Saxony-Anhalt

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DGB district Lower Saxony - Bremen - Saxony-Anhalt
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purpose Trade union confederation
Chair: Mehrdad Payandeh
Establishment date: February 2002
Number of members: 928,566 (2016)
in 8 unions
Seat : Hanover
Website: DGB district Lower Saxony - Bremen - Saxony-Anhalt

The DGB district Lower Saxony - Bremen - Saxony-Anhalt includes the federal states of Lower Saxony , Bremen and Saxony-Anhalt .

The DGB district sees itself as the "political voice of the trade unions", which represents "the interests of employees vis-à-vis political decision-makers, parties and associations in the three federal states of Lower Saxony, Bremen and Saxony-Anhalt". Around 900,000 union members are organized across the district.

The 5th district conference on February 3, 2018 elected Mehrdad Payandeh as the new district chairman. Susanne Wiedemeyer was (re) elected as deputy chairwoman.

meaning

The districts are the structural level of the DGB directly below the federal level (see the section Districts and Regions in the article on the DGB) and comprise one or more federal states. In the DGB regions - the level below the district - there are 61 city and district associations run on a voluntary basis, which shape trade union policy on site.

The DGB district mainly serves to coordinate the member unions located in the area , or to external political representation and lobbying . It represents the social, economic, social and cultural interests of employees.

DGB regions in the district

The DGB district is divided into the regions

  • in Lower Saxony and Bremen:
    • Bremen-Elbe-Weser,
    • Lower Saxony-Mitte,
    • North-East Lower Saxony,
    • Oldenburg-East Friesland,
    • Osnabrück-Emsland,
    • South Lower Saxony-Harz as well
    • South East Lower Saxony;
  • in Saxony-Anhalt:
    • Altmark-Börde-Harz as well
    • Halle-Dessau.

The individual unions in the district

Due to the different regional layout of the individual trade unions, the following state / etc belong to the DGB district. Associations (or parts thereof):

Membership numbers

DGB district Lower Saxony - Bremen - Saxony-Anhalt 2016
. total
male Female together
Lower Saxony 456.319 225,190 681.509
Bremen 68,044 29,856 97,900
Saxony-Anhalt 84,250 64,907 149.157
total 608.613 319.953 928,566

Web links

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Strong together - Annual Report 2002 (PDF; 1 MB) “DGB District Lower Saxony - Bremen - Saxony-Anhalt”, January 31, 2003, p. 45 , accessed on February 7, 2018 .
  2. ^ DGB district Lower Saxony - Bremen - Saxony-Anhalt , accessed on January 31, 2018.
  3. Press release of the DGB district , accessed on February 3, 2018.
  4. Press release of the DGB district , accessed on February 3, 2018.
  5. Press release PM 04 - February 3, 2018, accessed on February 3, 2018.
  6. ^ Page of the district on the regions , accessed on January 31, 2018.
  7. Trade unions in the DGB district , accessed on February 6, 2018.
  8. ^ Page of the district with membership figures , accessed on January 31, 2018.