Theo Steegmann

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Theo Steegmann (* 1955 in Sevelen ) is a trained steelworker . He was a trade unionist, managing director , department head and advisor to a European works council . As the second chairman of the works council, Steegmann was one of the organizers in the labor dispute over the iron and steel works in Duisburg-Rheinhausen in 1987/1988 .

Later Steegmann acted as spokesman for the citizens' initiative “New beginning for Duisburg”. She successfully organized a referendum to dismiss the Lord Mayor Adolf Sauerland after the accident at the Love Parade 2010 , in which 21 people were killed.

Life

Theo Steegmann was an employee and second chairman of the works council of the Hütten- und Bergwerke Rheinhausen , a company of Friedrich Krupp AG , which was to be closed in 1987. The intention was to concentrate the entire production in Duisburg-Hüttenheim . Together with Helmut Laakmann, the steel works manager, the rest of the workforce and a citizens' committee of the district, Steegmann organized the resistance after Krupp board member Gerhard Cromme announced the closure on November 26, 1987. In a speech on November 30, 1987 at the works meeting, Laakmann predicted that the fight would go on for a long time. A highlight was the occupation of the Rhine bridge between Rheinhausen and Hochfeld (later the bridge of solidarity ). The protest in front of and in the Krupp Villa Hügel in Essen, an ecumenical church service and a solidarity concert "Aufruhr" with 40,000 listeners, both in the rolling mill, became known nationwide.

Despite the protest, the steel mill was closed in 1993. Regulations on the social plan and early retirement rules meant that none of the employees became unemployed. After the closure, Steegmann studied business education at the University of Duisburg-Essen . In the "Düsseldorf Agreement" of May 3, 1988, Krupp and Mannesmann, moderated by the state government under Johannes Rau , committed themselves to creating 1,500 new jobs locally.

From 1994 to 2001 Steegmann was managing director of the "Qualification Society Rheinhausen", which dealt with the placement of long-term unemployed. He then went to the ThyssenKrupp subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Nirosta as head of the training department. When this was to be sold to the Finnish group Outokumpu in 2012 , Steegmann took part in a rally and called for the Krefeld steelworks to be retained, which is essential for strip casting technology in the production of stainless steel. Nirosta was taken over by Outokumpu and continued as Outokumpu Nirosta . From September 2013 to 2017 Steegmann was an advisor to the European works council of Outokumpu .

His later activities included a successful referendum on the removal of the Lord Mayor of Duisburg to remove Adolf Sauerland after the accident at the Love Parade in 2010 , in which 21 people were killed and at least 652 visitors were injured.

Steegmann was expelled from the SPD in 1983 by a decision of the Federal Arbitration Commission because he had called for a second vote for the party "The Greens" in order to prevent another government from Helmut Kohl. He later rejoined and sharply criticized the social policy of the Schröder - Fischer governments. Today he is involved in a network of leftists in the Ruhr area called What's left? . He works with Attac's federal working group “Municipalities” .

Together with others, he is building an archive on the Krupp-Hütte Rheinhausen, which is located at the local library .

See also

literature

  • Michael Kerstgens (Ed.): Aufruhrgebiet. Contributors Theo Steegmann, Christoph Fasel . Translated into English by Scott Davidson. Foreword by Stefan Berger . Peperoni, Berlin 2016 (therein Steegmann: History teaches us nothing? Pp. 48–50; numerous photographs of the Rheinhausen fight pp. 14–107)
  • Almut Wilms-Schröder (pictures): Experienced history. Co-determination of coal and steel in Rheinhausen and elsewhere. Contributors Werner Balsen, Hans Nakielski, Karl Rössel, Theo Steegmann. Edited by Wolfgang Feikert. New ISP Verlag, Cologne 1995 (in Steegmann: Losses are a prerequisite for future victories , Preface p 15-23; NN: "Krupp is getting stronger, the workers have become increasingly weaker" The participation history at the cottage in Rheinhausen. S. 23-137)
  • Theo Steegmann: "It was our hut ..." in 50 years the best from Stern , Gruner & Jahr, 1998 (from the illustrated magazine, issue 40, 1987)
  • Theo Steegmann: Voices from Rheinhausen, in Evangelical Commentaries. (a previous church and social affairs monthly) April 21, 4. Kreuz-Verlag , Stuttgart 1988
  • Klaus Kost, Michael Schuler, Theo Steegmann: Education in and for transfer, employment and qualification companies, in Wolf Jürgen Röder, Klaus Dörre (eds.): Learning opportunities and market constraints. Educational work in flexible capitalism. Westphalian steam boat , Münster 2002

Film, audio

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ^ Nelli Tügel: "A sip from the life bottle" Duisburg steel cookers in 1987 kept the FRG in suspense. A visit 30 years later. New Germany , December 2, 2017; Retrieved December 2, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c Jürgen Stock: Rheinhausen - as it really was. Rheinische Post online, November 16, 2007; Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ a b c Theo Steegmann. Profile on LinkedIn ; Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  4. ^ "Thyssen-Krupp bears responsibility." IG Metall North Rhine-Westphalia January 30, 2012; Retrieved May 27, 2014.
  5. ↑ Loveparade criminal proceedings: Anonymized charge . lg-duisburg.nrw.de, December 12, 2017, page 2.
  6. ^ Frank Lehmkuhl: The election campaign: Steegmann against Sauerland. Focus online February 9, 2012; Retrieved May 27, 2014
  7. ^ Hut history: Krupp archive opened in Rheinhausen , NRZ, February 5, 2018
  8. ↑ posted on YouTube . Seeger in the culture portal NRW
  9. ↑ Incorrect spelling "Stegmann" throughout
personal data
SURNAME Steegmann, Theo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German steelworker, trade unionist and managing director
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Sevelen