Emil Döblin

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emil Döblin as a board member of the book printers' association in 1916.

Emil Döblin (born November 27, 1853 in Stendal , † January 31, 1918 in Berlin ) was a German trade unionist. From 1888 to 1918 he was chairman of the Association of German Book Printers . The successor organization is now ver.di .

Life

Döblin was a trained typesetter , came to Berlin in 1873, worked in various printing works and was a union member of the Association of German Book Printers. As a shop steward in a company, he was reprimanded in 1886. Then his colleagues stopped working. Döblin defused the conflict by resigning from the position. From 1887 he was chairman of the association in the Gau Berlin.

From September 1, 1888, he was chairman of the association at the national level. The choice was made in connection with the relocation of the association's headquarters from Leipzig to Berlin under pressure from the Prussian government. At the trade union congress of the free trade unions of 1890, he spoke out against a central commission. A year later he was still opposed to greater centralization.

In 1891 he played a key role in the dispute over the nine-hour day in the printing industry. A nineteen week strike ended in failure. Döblin succeeded in negotiations with the principals to achieve a tolerable termination. The tensions between the employees and the principals increased as a result. He managed to overcome the negative consequences of the defeat for the association in a relatively short time. In order to bind the members to the organization, the union support system was of great importance for Döblin. At his suggestion, an international central office of the printing unions was founded in 1892.

As an advocate and promoter of the concept of collective agreements , Döblin was also important in the trade union movement itself. In 1896 he was involved in drawing up a new collective agreement for book printers. At the third German trade union congress in Frankfurt am Main in 1899 he gave a lecture on tariffs and collective bargaining communities in the trade union struggle. In doing so, he clearly asserted himself against an opposing position of class struggle.

From 1902 he was also a member of the General Commission of the German Trade Unions .

Emil Döblin died in Berlin in 1918 at the age of 64. His grave is in the Luisenstadt cemetery in Kreuzberg (field 28). In Berlin, a street on Prenzlauer Berg was temporarily named after Döblin.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dieter Schuster: Chronology of the German trade union movement from its beginnings to 1918. Bonn, 2000
  2. ^ Dieter Schuster: Chronology of the German trade union movement from its beginnings to 1918. Bonn, 2000
  3. ^ Dieter Schuster: Chronology of the German trade union movement from its beginnings to 1918. Bonn, 2000
  4. ^ Dieter Schuster: Chronology of the German trade union movement from its beginnings to 1918. Bonn, 2000
  5. ^ Dieter Schuster: Chronology of the German trade union movement from its beginnings to 1918. Bonn, 2000
  6. ^ Franz Osterroth, Dieter Schuster: Chronicle of the German Social Democracy. 1. Until the end of the First World War. Bonn, 2001
  7. ^ Hans-Jürgen Mende: Lexicon of Berlin tombs . Haude & Spener, Berlin 2006. p. 78.
  8. ↑ entry in luise-berlin.de
personal data
SURNAME Doblin, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chairman of the German Association of Book Printers
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Stendal
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1918
Place of death Berlin