Herbert Lucy

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Herbert Lucy (born November 20, 1929 , † January 15, 1994 ) was a German general works council chairman of Daimler-Benz AG .

Life

Herbert Lucy completed an apprenticeship as a toolmaker in the Mannheim plant of the automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz from 1944 to 1947 . From 1947 to 1958 he worked at Daimler-Benz in his profession. In 1958 he became an exempt member of the works council . In 1964 he was promoted to chairman of the works council at the Mannheim plant, although he belonged to the SPD and was therefore not as radical on the left as his predecessors. The following year he became a member of the supervisory board at Daimler-Benz. As a result of Ludwig Ratzel's election as the new Lord Mayor of Mannheim in July 1972, Lucy was his successor as chairman of the Mannheim SPD district association. Another function was taken over the following year, when Karl Hauff resigned as Chairman of the Daimler General Works Council on October 12, 1973. The larger work council task took its toll, so that Lucy had to resign from the SPD district chair in spring 1976. In 1978 he became deputy chairman of the supervisory board.

He also held honorary positions in IG Metall , once as a member of the advisory board and then as a member of the local administration. Although he was no longer a district chairman of the SPD, he held a seat in the city council . He was strongly committed to Gerhard Widder , whom he helped to become the mayor of Mannheim in 1983, which turned out to be a stroke of luck for the city and was honored by the citizens with a long term of office. In 1989, in turn, the Social Democrats honored Lucy's achievements by electing him as group leader .

On November 20, 1989, Karl Feuerstein took over the chairmanship of the Daimler General Works Council, as Lucy retired for health reasons. In May 1990 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg . In the spring of 1993, Peter Kurz replaced the seriously ill Herbert Lucy at his own request at the head of the SPD parliamentary group. Lucy succumbed to his condition on January 15, 1994.

In January 1994, after prior consultation with Daimler-Benz AG, the municipal council decided to rename the Carl-Benz-Halle in Alsenweg (at the Alten Waldhof Stadium), which was built in 1985/1986 with a 4.5 million mark donation from Daimler-Benz ). With the renaming to Herbert-Lucy-Halle, the city of Mannheim paid tribute to the local politician for his social work and in particular for making possible the construction of sports facilities, which was on the brink at the time.

Publications

  • Fight - for a lifetime. Memories of the Chairman of the General Works Council of Daimler-Benz. With a foreword by Helmut Schmidt , R. Piper Munich / Zurich 1993. ISBN 3-492-03588-4 .
  • Ghost ride into the void. Robots and Rationalization in the Automotive Industry. Heinrich Buhmann, Herbert Lucy, Rolf Weber (eds.), VSA Verlag, Hamburg 1984. ISBN 3-87975-262-1 . (In it a contribution by Lucy herself: Consequences for trade union company policy , pp. 43–49.)

Awards

  • 1990: Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Redaktionsbüro Harenberg: Knaurs Prominentenlexikon 1980. The personal data of celebrities from politics, economy, culture and society . With over 400 photos. Droemer Knaur, Munich / Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-426-07604-7 , Lucy, Herbert, p. 282 .
  2. ^ A b Strikes and collective bargaining. In: landeskunde-baden-wuerttemberg.de. State Center for Political Education Baden-Württemberg, accessed on October 5, 2018 .
  3. ^ A b c Gerhard Noack: SPD district association Mannheim. Little chronicle. In: spd-mannheim.de. March 31, 2017, accessed October 5, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Herbert Lucy takes over chairmanship of the general works council. In: mercedes-benz-publicarchive.com. Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
  5. ↑ November 20, 1989. General Works Council: Feuerstein succeeds Lucy. In: mercedes-benz-classic.com. Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg. List of medal recipients 1975–2017. (PDF; 153 KB) 1990. Awarded on May 5th, 1990 in Ludwigsburg Palace. In: baden-wuerttemberg.de. P. 33 , accessed October 5, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Peter Kurz: Dr. Peter Kurz. Lord Mayor of Mannheim. Biography. Professional and political career. In: ob-peter-kurz.de. 2015, accessed October 5, 2018 .
  8. ↑ Marchivum , Chronikstar , January 15, 1994 .
  9. ↑ a b Jan-Hendric Bahls: sports venue is a quarter of a century old. Waldhof. Ceremony for the 25th anniversary of the Herbert-Lucy-Halle. Speakers pay tribute to the former chairman of the general works council at Benz. In: morgenweb.de. October 12, 2011, accessed on October 5, 2018 (only fully accessible after registration).
  10. ↑ Alfred Heierling: A readable chronicle of Waldhof. VI. Life in the district. In: Kulturverein-waldhof.de. Stefan Höß, accessed on October 5, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Lucy, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German general works council chairman of Daimler-Benz AG
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1929
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1994