Helmut Schauer (trade unionist)
Helmut Schauer (born November 23, 1937 in Stuttgart ; † November 12, 2001 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a left-wing German trade unionist of IG Metall and former federal chairman of the Socialist German Student Union (SDS).
Life
As the son of a textile weaver and a flasher , Schauer attended elementary school from 1943 to 1951. After an apprenticeship as a mechanic (skilled worker qualification in 1956), he worked for several years in various companies. Schauer, who was also the secretary of the Association of Conscientious Objectors (VK) , belonged to Georg Jungclas in 1958 in Cologne . Together with and Heinz Beinert , Schauer succeeded in a publicity coup on November 26, 1958, with which they could draw attention to the colonial war of France in Algeria and promote Algerian independence .
“We just wanted to somehow support the Algerians and saw the meeting between Adenauer and de Gaulle, which was advertised quite widely in public, as a great opportunity. We just wanted to set an example, such a little action that should cause a stir. So the three of us drove to Kreuznach in an old VW Beetle, put the FLN flag on our radiator and then - there is such an avenue towards a castle - drove up and down. That was a terrible excitement. I think French journalists wanted to tear the flag off our cars and then the police soon arrested us and held us for a few hours. Jungclas appealed to the Bundestag member Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski , there were a couple of phone calls - and then they let us go again. "
In 1961, thanks to a scholarship from the Codetermination Foundation , Schauer was able to begin studying at what was then the Academy for Economics and Politics in Hamburg, which he graduated in 1963 as a graduate economist. In the same year his SPD membership was terminated due to the incompatibility resolution between the SPD and SDS in mutual agreement with the Hamburg regional association. Schauer then continued to study at the University of Hamburg until 1965 . From 1964 to 1966 he was the federal chairman of the SDS, co-founder of the Association of Conscientious Objectors and secretary of the board of trustees “Emergency of Democracy” with its seat on the board of IG Metall until its dissolution in summer 1968.
In the early 1970s, Schauer was friends with Rainer Werner Fassbinder . During the eight months of Fassbinder's directorship at the Frankfurt Theater am Turm , Schauer was his dramaturge there, imparting basic Marxist knowledge to the actors. After the staging of the Fassbinder play " The Garbage, the City and Death " about the Frankfurt urban warfare was canceled after protests and massive pressure from the city, Fassbinder and Schauer left the theater.
Schauer then studied at the Technical University of Hanover (1975–1977), where he graduated with a master's thesis on the "meaning of working conditions in workers' consciousness". The subject of working conditions was also the focus of his research at the Sociological Research Institute in Göttingen and his dissertation, completed in 1983, on the subject of "Collective bargaining regulations for the improvement of industrial working conditions".
From 1982 until his retirement in 2001, Helmut Schauer worked for almost 20 years in the collective bargaining department of IG Metall, most recently with a focus on coordinating European collective bargaining policy.
Helmut Schauer died on November 12, 2001 in Frankfurt am Main . He was buried in the main cemetery there (Gewann D 426).
Fonts
- with Hartmut Dabrowski, Uwe Neumann: The collective wage agreement II in operational practice. Report on a survey among works councils in the metal industry in North Württemberg / North Baden. Göttingen 1977.
- with Helmut König, Bodo von Greiff (ed.): Social philosophy of industrial work. In: Leviathan . Journal of Social Science. Special issue 11/1990. West German publishing house, Opladen 1990.
literature
- Hilde Wagner (ed.): Interventions against the zeitgeist. For an emancipatory trade union policy in the 21st century. Helmut Schauer on the transition into un-retirement. Hamburg 2001.
- Jochen Zimmer (Ed.): Campfire in the atomic age. Union and social democratic youth groups under the influence of the ApO. Duisburg 2009.
- Claus Leggewie: porter. The Algeria project of the left in Adenauer Germany , Rotbuch Verlag, Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-88022-286-X .
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmut Schauer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary in the Socialist newspaper on November 22, 2001
- Obituary in “Socialism” 12/2001
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Shiver, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German trade unionist of IG Metall |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 2001 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |