The ‘Battlefield on the Shop-Floor’ Factory Groups, Works Councils, and Trade Unions
The ‘Battlefield on the Shop-Floor’ Factory Groups, Works Councils, and Trade Unions
This chapter discusses the success of the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD) in gaining support from the labour class through factory groups, works councils, and trade unions. The KPD enjoyed most political leverage on the shop floor in the works councils from 1945 to 1948, however, this was effectively boxed in Allied legislation. This resulted in the withdrawal of support for KPD works councillors and union officials. In addition to this, the transfer of the high politics of the Cold War to the shop floor consumed the KPD's socio-economic kudos.
Keywords: Allied legislation, shop floors, factory groups, works councils, trade unions, Cold War
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