Weißenfels-Zeitzer Mining Association

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The Weißenfels-Zeitzer Bergwerksverein was an employers' association of the Central German lignite industry .

It was founded in 1884 as a result of collective bargaining disputes between the lignite-producing companies in the Weißenfelser Revier and the railway companies operating there. Members were initially eleven companies, including Naumburger Braunkohlen AG (Naumburg), Prehlitzer Braunkohlen AG, Rehmsdorfer Mineralöl- und Paraffinfabrik (Rehmsdorf), Waldauer Braunkohlen-Industrie AG (Zeitz), Streckauer Braunkohlenwerke Boeters & Co (Weißenfels), the A. Riebeck'schen Montanwerke AG (Halle / Saale) and the Werschen-Weißenfelser lignite AG (Halle / Saale). They represented 41 lignite mines, 7 briquette factories, 26 wet presses, 24 smelting shops and 7 mineral oil factories with a workforce of 4,550 men.

In addition to the rail tariffs, wage issues and other workers' matters played a role in the association's activities. The result was, among other things, a common working order. The merger was initially loose. Mutual consultations only increased as the workers became more organized and strikes increased.

At the end of the 1890s, the non-Prussian companies left the association and joined the Meuselwitz-Rositzer lignite works association. In 1898 the Weißenfels-Zeitzer-Bergwerkverein consisted of only six member companies. From 1908 the cooperation with the Halle Mining Association was strengthened. In 1917 both associations were merged under the name of the latter.

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