Erich Frister

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Erich Frister (born October 20, 1927 in Berlin , † October 30, 2005 in Berlin) was a German teacher and trade unionist . 1968–1981 Frister headed the Education and Science Union (GEW).

Life

1951-1959 Frister worked as a teacher at elementary and secondary schools in Berlin , then until 1961 as headmaster. In 1961 he became a school councilor in Berlin-Reinickendorf . 1964–1971 he was a district councilor for public education in Berlin-Neukölln for the SPD .

Erich Frister had been a member of the GEW since 1948 . 1950–1961 he was a member of the staff council, the last seven years as chairman. In 1954 he became a member of the state board of the GEW Berlin, and in 1959 state manager (until 1965). In 1960 he was elected 3rd chairman, in 1966 2nd chairman and in 1968 1st chairman of the GEW at federal level. As GEW chairman, Frister took an active part in the educational policy debates of the 1960s and 1970s. He was committed to promoting the goal of improving equal opportunities for children from socially disadvantaged homes and advocating the introduction of comprehensive schools .

In his term of office until 1981 he was also a member of the DGB Federal Executive Committee and from 1972 President of the International Federation of Free Teachers' Unions (IFFL), which acted as the international professional secretariat for teachers of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU).

In 1981 Erich Frister became Labor Director of the trade union housing company Neue Heimat and thus part of the Neue Heimat scandal in 1982.

Fonts

  • (as co-editor of the collection of laws): Berlin Law for Schools and Teachers Kulturbuch-Verlag, Berlin 1957–1961
  • (with Luc Jochimsen ): How left can teachers be? Rowohlt, Reinbek 1972
  • Destiny secondary school. Arguments in favor of a speechless minority. Bund-Verlag, 1982
  • (with Monika Bistram): The years of hope. Society, education, trade union in the reform period Bund-Verlag, 1984
  • Heinrich Rodenstein . Teachers and trade unionists 1902-1980 1988

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personal data
SURNAME Frister, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German teacher and trade unionist
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 2005
Place of death Berlin