Katja Karger

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Katja Karger (DGB Chair Hamburg) in conversation with Prof. Frank Deppe 2018

Katja Karger (born May 8, 1969 in Bremen ) is a German cultural scientist and trade unionist . Since 2013 she has been chairwoman of the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB) in Hamburg .

Life

Karger grew up in Bremen and trained as an industrial clerk after graduating from high school.

From 1993 to 1997 Katja Karger worked as an editorial assistant at the private radio station ffn in Hanover. She was elected to the works council, was active in the collective bargaining commission for private radio and in the IG Medien trade union ( ver.di since 2001 ).

In 1998 she moved to the Internet agency Pixelpark AG in Berlin. There the project manager founded the first works council of the New Economy in 2001 (“a small revolution for the New Economy”). In 2002 she worked as a union secretary in the Berlin office of the ver.di project connexx.av for media professionals.

In 2007 Katja Karger began studying at the Technical University of Berlin . This was followed by a bachelor's degree in philosophy and a master's degree in cultural studies . She wrote her thesis on “The Culture of Work” and dealt with the values ​​and norms associated with gainful employment.

Katja Karger has been chairwoman of the DGB Hamburg in the union building since December 2013 . She succeeded Uwe Grund . Katja Karger is non-party and the first woman to head the Hamburg DGB.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gutsch, Jochen-Martin: The betrayal. The New Economy is considered a union-free zone. A works council is now being elected - at Pixelpark of all places, the flagship of start-ups . Berliner Zeitung, May 5, 2001, accessed on July 21, 2014
  2. ↑ Jaecker, Tobias: New Works Council . Friday, May 25, 2001, accessed on July 21, 2014
  3. ↑ Experiment against Hamburg rituals , Neues Deutschland, March 3, 2014, accessed on July 21, 2014
  4. ↑ Alterauge, Vivian: "The DGB dares an experiment with me" , Welt, November 3, 2013, accessed on July 21, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Karger, Katja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade unionist
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen