Union faction

The union faction or the faction of free trade unionists was a faction in the Appointed Hamburg Citizenship from February to October 1946. Not to be confused with the faction of the same name in the citizenship of 1933 .

history

In February 1946, the British occupying power appointed the first Hamburg citizenship after the end of the Second World War . 81 men and women from different social camps were nominated for parliament. Among them were 16 trade unionists who formed a faction. Ten deputies came from smaller unions, two each from the general association, two from the metalworkers and two from the employees. All members of the trade union faction were also members of the SPD. In contrast to the faction of the non-party , which dissolved in the summer, the faction of the trade unionists remained intact for the entire term of office of the Appointed Citizenship .

It was a curiosity that the parliamentary group should not actually have existed. The British occupying power had actually forbidden the trade unions from any political activity, but their participation in the First Citizenship led this prohibition to absurdity .

Members

Paul Bebert , Max Behrens , August Bolten , Wilhelm Burmester , Johannes Gostomski , Max Jäger , Karl Karstens , Karl Koberg , Adolph Kädenuss , Arthur Langmann , Otto Loges , Wilhelm Petersen , Gustav Pufal , Ludwig Selpien , Franz Spliedt , Max Thoma .

In April 1946, the non-party Gustav Knuth joined the parliamentary group.

literature

• Walter Tormin: The difficult road to democracy. Political reconstruction in Hamburg 1945/46 , State Center for Political Education Hamburg, Hamburg 1995, pp. 115–129.