Solidarität, Humanität, Identität

In the German Empire and the Weimar Republic, German trade unions maintained social funds for their members. This "union-owned social insurance" provided millions of workers with additional benefits beyond the state social insurance system in cases of unemployment, illness, old age, or retirement. S...

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Main Author: Remeke, Stefan
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Language:German
Published: BeBra Verlag 2025
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Online Access:https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/95979
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description In the German Empire and the Weimar Republic, German trade unions maintained social funds for their members. This "union-owned social insurance" provided millions of workers with additional benefits beyond the state social insurance system in cases of unemployment, illness, old age, or retirement. Supporting members financially became a central task of the trade unions. From a historical perspective, this development reveals much about how the self-conception of trade unions evolved and continues to change today. The history also illustrates how the concept of "solidarity"—a key political guiding principle to this day—was institutionally reinforced through the support system.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1508002025-01-31T09:23:08Z Solidarität, Humanität, Identität Remeke, Stefan german history; Weimar Republic; trade unions; social insurance thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKS Social welfare and social services thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues In the German Empire and the Weimar Republic, German trade unions maintained social funds for their members. This "union-owned social insurance" provided millions of workers with additional benefits beyond the state social insurance system in cases of unemployment, illness, old age, or retirement. Supporting members financially became a central task of the trade unions. From a historical perspective, this development reveals much about how the self-conception of trade unions evolved and continues to change today. The history also illustrates how the concept of "solidarity"—a key political guiding principle to this day—was institutionally reinforced through the support system. 2025-01-31T09:23:07Z 2025-01-31T09:23:07Z 2024-12-18T16:05:21Z 2024 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/95979 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150800 ger open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/95979/1/1062936XXPZ7955_Remeke_Solidarit%c3%a4t.pdf BeBra Verlag BeBra Wissenschaft 10.62936/XXPZ7955 10.62936/XXPZ7955 496f20e0-28ef-4859-ad7a-3cc88e3be77a BeBra Wissenschaft 450 Berlin open access
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Remeke, Stefan
Solidarität, Humanität, Identität
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thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
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