Socialist Unionists Group

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Group of Social Democratic Trade Unionists in the Austrian Trade Union Confederation
(FSG / ÖGB)
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purpose Parliamentary group within the union
Chair: Rainer Wimmer
Executive Director: Willi Mernyi
Establishment date: 1945
Seat : Vienna
Website: www.fsg.at

The parliamentary group of social democratic trade unionists ( FSG for short ) is a parliamentary group within the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions (ÖGB) .

task

According to the association's statutes, the FSG / ÖGB advocates " within the framework of the non-partisan ÖGB that social democratic principles, in particular social justice and solidarity, are vigorously pursued within the framework of trade union work and, where possible, implemented in union policy " and " advocates in the ÖGB in the workforce representatives , in the chambers of labor and the self-administered institutions of social policy as well as in the public on the basis of social democratic principles for the concerns and interests of the employed people and groups close to them (in particular people in training, the unemployed, pensioners and people similar to employees). "

FSG / ÖGB committees exist at company, local, district, state and federal level. In the ÖGB, the FSG is traditionally by far the strongest parliamentary group. The organization stands in the tradition of the social democratically oriented free trade unions .

Chair since 1945

Rainer Wimmer (Politiker) Wolfgang Katzian Wilhelm Haberzettl Wilhelm Beck (Gewerkschafter) Rudolf Nürnberger Adolf Czettel Karl Sekanina Robert Weisz Josef Matejcek Anton Benya Karl Maisel

source

literature

  • H. Füreder et al. (Ed.): Trade unions, chambers, social partnership and parties after the fall of the Wall. ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-7035-0831-0 .
  • R. Hofman: The Group of Socialist Trade Unionists (FSG). “Party work and trade union work are two different things”. In: H. Schreiber, R. Hofmann: 60 years of ÖGB Tirol. ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna 2004.
  • K. Holzer: Johann Böhm. A biography. 2nd Edition. ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna 1998.
  • F. Klenner: The Austrian trade unions. Second volume. ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna 1953
  • F. Klenner, B. Pellar: The Austrian trade union movement. From the beginning until 1999. 2nd edition. ÖGB-Verlag, Vienna 1999.
  • Wolfgang C. Müller: The role of the parties in the formation and development of the social partnership. In: P. Gerlich et al. (Ed.): Social partnership in the crisis. Böhlau, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-205-07245-6 , pp. 135-224.
  • R. Nick, A. Pelinka: Civil War - Social Partnership. The Austrian political system. 1st and 2nd republic. A comparison. Jugend & Volk, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-224-16561-8 .
  • H. Prader: The unions' fear of class struggle. The ÖGB and setting the course 1945–1950. (= In matters. Issue 1). Vienna 1975.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b orf.at: ÖGB Congress: Wimmer new FSG chairman . Article dated June 12, 2018, accessed June 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ § 2, 3 of the statutes of the association resolved by the federal parliamentary group conference of the FSG on June 13, 2013
  3. ^ Homepage of the FSG from December 16, 2006