DGB district of North Rhine-Westphalia

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The extent of the DGB district of North Rhine-Westphalia corresponds to the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). The DGB district of North Rhine-Westphalia, based in Düsseldorf , represents a total of 1,400,000 members.

structure

For a long time, the membership structure of the district was disproportionately influenced by the iron and steel industry, mining and public service workers. In 1997, IG Metall was still the largest single union with around 670,000 members, followed by ÖTV with 366,000 and IGBCE with 319,000 members. Together, the three largest trade unions made up around 2/3 of all DGB members in North Rhine-Westphalia. Compared with the national average, workers in the DGB district were slightly overrepresented, while employees and civil servants were slightly less represented.

DGB district chair

Anja Weber is the chairwoman of the German Federation of Trade Unions in North Rhine-Westphalia . On December 8, 2017, the former NGG functionary was elected chairwoman of the NRW district. She is the successor to Andreas Meyer-Lauber , who did not run for re-election for reasons of age.

Deputy district chairwoman is Sabine Graf, ver.di and CDA member, who was elected to succeed Birgit Beier.

Former DGB district chairwoman

tasks

The DGB district of North Rhine-Westphalia agrees trade union policy, especially in connection with state political issues, in consensus with the federal executive board. It supports the 15 regions and implements the resolutions of the district delegate conferences and orders of the federal executive committee. Furthermore, according to the statutes, the district board has the task of submitting proposals for state legislation and taking a position on questions of state politics that affect the interests of employees, as well as making corresponding demands.

statute

At the 18th Ordinary Federal Congress of the DGB from May 22nd to 26th, 2006 in Berlin, the application to amend Paragraphs 11 and 12 of the DGB statutes with regard to an increase in the control competence of the DGB Federal Executive Committee over the districts and regions did not achieve the required 2 / 3 majority. The delegates of the federal congress did not agree with the view of the federal executive committee that the decision-making process in the DGB only takes place horizontally through the unions. The democratically elected representatives in the DGB districts and DGB regions thus retain their existing influence.

DGB regions in NRW

There are 11 DGB regions below the DGB district of North Rhine-Westphalia.

  1. Dortmund-Hellweg (Dortmund)
  2. Düsseldorf-Bergisch Land (Düsseldorf)
  3. Emscher-Lippe (Recklinghausen)
  4. Cologne-Bonn (Cologne)
  5. Mülheim-Essen-Oberhausen (Essen)
  6. Münsterland (Munster)
  7. Lower Rhine (Duisburg)
  8. North Rhine-Westphalia South-West (Aachen)
  9. East Westphalia-Lippe (Bielefeld)
  10. Ruhr-Mark (Bochum)
  11. South Westphalia (Siegen)

Technology advice center in the DGB district of North Rhine-Westphalia

The technology advice center at DGB NRW eV (TBS), based in Dortmund, is supported by the State Ministry for Labor, Health and Social Affairs in NRW and the unions in the state. The advice center acts on behalf of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and offers comprehensive company advice, seminars and events as well as information material. The TBS has the following three regional offices:

  • Bielefeld responsible for East Westphalia-Lippe and South Westphalia as well
  • Düsseldorf responsible for the Lower Rhine and Rhineland.
  • Dortmund responsible for the Ruhr area and Münsterland regions

DGB Bildungswerk NRW

The Bildungswerk is the largest provider in the field of political education and for the qualification of works councils in NRW . Every year around 45,000 people in North Rhine-Westphalia take advantage of the educational services.

See also

literature

  • Ralf Kleinfeld: Unions. In: NRW Lexicon. Opladen 2000, pp. 119-123.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rp-online , accessed December 8, 2017.
  2. ^ The DGB regions in North Rhine-Westphalia , accessed on April 17, 2013.