United Federation of Christian Trade Unions in Germany

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (April 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the German article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 2,073 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Christliche Gewerkschaft]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|de|Christliche Gewerkschaft}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

The United Federation of Christian Trade Unions in Germany (German: Gesamtverband der christlichen Gewerkschaften Deutschlands, GcG) was a national trade union federation in Germany.

The federation was established in 1901 by 23 independent unions. It initially had a membership of 77,000, but grew to 350,000 in 1912, and then peaked at 1,100,000 in 1919. It gradually lost members over the following decade, and by 1931 was down to 580,000. While it was open to all Christians, 80% of its membership was Catholic. The federation worked closely with the Centre Party, until in 1933 it was dissolved by the Nazi government.^[1]

As of 1919, the following unions were affiliated:

Central Association of Christian Construction Workers

Union of Christian Miners

Gutenberg Association

Union of German Railway Workers and State Employees

Central Association of Christian Factory and Transport Workers

National Association of German Inn Employees

Central Association of Community Workers and Tram Workers

Central Graphical Association

Reich Association of Female Domestic Workers

Union of Homeworkers

Central Association of Christian Woodworkers

Association of Nurses

Central Association of Agricultural Workers

Central Association of Christian Painters

Christian Metalworkers' Association

German Gardeners' Association

Association of the Food and Beverage Industry Workers

Association of Christian Tailors

Association of Christian Tobacco and Cigar Workers

Central Association of Christian Textile Workers

1901: August Brust^[2]

1904: Karl Matthias Schiffer^[2]

1919: Adam Stegerwald^[2]

1929: Bernhard Otte^[2]

1903: Adam Stegerwald^[2]

1921: Bernhard Otte^[2]

1929: Post vacant