Georg Reichel (trade unionist)

Georg Reichel (* 1870 in Niederlamitz , Upper Franconia; † 1947 in Berlin - Frohnau ) was a German trade unionist . From 1903 to 1933 he was on the board of the German Metalworkers' Union , the predecessor of IG Metall .

After completing a Flaschner apprenticeship and journeyman migration, Reichel joined a metalworkers' association in 1888. He worked as a plumber's assistant until 1895. From 1891–1895 he worked as a voluntary shop steward for the Saxon metal workers in Leipzig and from 1895–1903 as a full-time secretary on the board of the German Metalworkers' Association (DMV) founded in 1891 . The DMV started with the claim to unite all metal professions, while trade unions were previously organized largely according to the professional principle.

Between 1903 and 1919 Reichel was second chairman of the main board of the DMV, from 1919 to 1933 first of three equal chairmen. He was a member of the board of directors of the ADGB federal board and of the international metal trade union federation.

Georg Reichel was a member of the SPD and during the First World War belonged to the majority Social Democracy, which supported the First World War. In November 1914, Reichel praised the war in the Metallarbeiter-Zeitung, the organ of the DMV, as a reconciliation of the otherwise hostile social classes. From 1908 to 1930 Reichelt was a member of the Landtag of Württemberg. In 1932/1933 he was briefly a member of the Provisional Reich Economic Council .

literature

• Marco Swiniartski, The German Metal Workers Association 1891–1933. A union in the field of tension between workers, business and politics, Böhlau-Verlag, Köln-Weimar Vienna 2017, p. 304
• Wilhelm Heinz Schröder , Social Democratic member of the Reichstag and candidate for the Reichstag 1898–1918. Biographical-statistical handbook (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Vol. 2). Droste, Düsseldorf 1986, p. 182.

Web links

• Georg Reichel in the files of the Reich Chancellery