The library of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung has published the trade union chronicle edited by Dieter Schuster on the Internet in the German language.
It covers the history of the German trade union movement from its beginnings to 1918, including all important facts and events until the end of the First World War. The manuscript was written between 1991 and 1993 and contained approximately 1,000 pages. Originally scheduled by a trade union publishing house, publication had to be abandoned for lack of funding.
The author, Dieter Schuster, is one of the leading experts on German trade unionism. For years he headed the archive and library of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) in Düsseldorf. His works on German trade unionism have been translated into several languages.
The chronicle that is now published on the Internet includes extensive online indexes.
URL: www.fes.de/fulltext/bibliothek/tit00148/00148toc.htm
Posted: 20 March 2000