Lothar Lindner

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Lothar Lindner (born January 13, 1928 in Chemnitz ) is a German trade unionist . He was chairman of the board of the industrial union construction wood in FDGB and president of the International Association of Trade Unions of workers in the construction, wood and building materials industry in the WFTU (WFTU).

Life

Lindner, son of a bricklayer and a kettler , attended elementary school and was a bricklayer's apprentice from 1942 to 1944. In 1944/1945 he was an air force helper and drafted into the Reich Labor Service . In 1945/1946 he finished his apprenticeship and then worked as a bricklayer in construction businesses in Limbach and Chemnitz.

With the re-establishment of the unions in June 1945, Lindner became a member of the Association for the Construction Industry and the FDGB. In the same year his colleagues from his apprenticeship company elected him to the works council and as youth spokesman for the local board of the construction workers' association. In 1947 he joined the SED . From January 1947 he acted as youth secretary in the state board of Saxony of IG Bau-Holz, then in 1947/1948 as main department head for youth / training and instructor in the federal board of the FDGB and finally in 1948/1949 as secretary for training in the central board of IG Bau-Holz . In 1949 he attended a course at the FDGB federal school in Bernau near Berlin . From January 1950 to 1951 Lindner was chairman of the state board of Saxony-Anhalt of IG Bau-Holz, from January 1951 deputy chairman and member of the secretariat of the central board of IG Bau-Holz. In October 1953 he was relieved of his position as deputy chairman because of “wrong assessment of June 17 ” and because of “supporting the demands program of IG Bau-Holz” from July 1953 and was “warned” by the party (party punishment).

In 1954/1955 Lindner was delegated to the party college "Karl Marx" for a one-year course. From 1956 to 1963 he completed a correspondence course at the party college with a degree in social science. He then worked as a deputy head of department (1955–1957) or as a department head organization / management (1957/58) in the federal board of the FDGB. From 1958 to February 1990 Lindner was chairman of the central board of IG Bau-Holz.

From 1956 to December 1989 he was also a member of the federal executive committee of the FDGB, from 1961 to 1963 also a member of its secretariat, from 1959 to 1963 and again from 1968 to November 1989 also a member of its executive committee.

From 1960 to October 1990, Lindner was President of the International Federation of Workers' Unions in the Building, Wood and Building Materials Industry in the WGB. From 1961 to 1990 he was a member of the General Council of the WGB. In his capacity as President of the International Association, Lothar Lindner took part in seven meetings of the committees for civil engineering and public works as well as the forest and wood industry of the International Labor Organization in Geneva .

Lindner was a candidate since 1976, and from 1981 to 1989 a member of the Central Committee of the SED .

Awards

Fonts (selection)

  • The tasks of the Bau-Holz industrial union in organizing and conducting the socialist competition in honor of the 15th anniversary of the GDR and in implementing the principle of "New Technology - New Standards" and the application of economically appropriate wage forms in 1964 . IG Bau-Holz, Berlin 1964.
  • The tasks of the industrial union Bau-Holz in organizing and leading the socialist competition and the further implementation of the socialist performance principle for the fulfillment of the national economic plan in 1965 in connection with the union elections . Central board of IG Bau-Holz, Berlin 1965.
  • The tasks of the industrial union Bau-Holz in the evaluation of the conference of functionaries of the federal executive committee of the FDGB and the 7th building conference to raise the level of political-ideological work and lead the socialist competition for the 10th party congress of the SED . Central Board of IG Bau-Holz, Berlin 1980.
  • June 17th and IG Bau-Holz . Berlin 1992 (typescript).
  • (together with Hermann Hunger, Red.): The construction industry union in the Soviet occupation zone from 1945 to 1949, the Bau-Holz industrial union in the German Democratic Republic from 1950 to 1990 . (= In retrospect , Volume I). Federal Executive Committee of the Construction-Agricultural-Environment Industrial Union, Frankfurt am Main 1997.
  • (together with Hermann Hunger, Red.): The construction industry union in Greater Berlin from 1945 to 1950 . (= In retrospect , Volume II). Federal Executive Committee of the Construction-Agricultural-Environment Industrial Union, Frankfurt am Main 1997.
  • (together with Hermann Hunger, Ed.): The Bau-Holz industrial union, member of the international union of workers in the construction, wood and building materials industry in the World Trade Union Confederation from 1949 to 1990 . (= Looking back , Volume III). Federal Executive Committee of the Construction-Agricultural-Environment Industrial Union, Frankfurt am Main 1997.
  • (together with Hermann Hunger, Red.): The interzonal conferences of the building trade unions and the agricultural workers' unions in Germany from 1947 to 1948 . (= Looking back , Volume IV). Federal Board of Directors of the industrial union building-agrar-environment, Frankfurt am Main 1998.
  • (together with Hermann Hunger, Red.): The industrial union for agriculture and forestry in the Soviet occupation zone from 1945 to 1949, the union for land and forest - from 1968 union for land, food and forest - in the German Democratic Republic until 1990 . (= Looking back , Volume V). Federal executive committee of the industrial union building-agrar-environment, Frankfurt am Main 2000.

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personal data
SURNAME Lindner, Lothar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade unionist (FDGB)
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz