Cross-Movement Strike Actions: Works Council and Communist Groups at the Bremer Vulkan Shipyard in the 1970s

IF 1.7 Q2 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS & LABOR Journal of Labor and Society Pub Date : 2023-04-26 DOI:10.1163/24714607-bja10116
J. Wolf
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Beginning in the early 1970s, various communist groups decided to become active at the Bremer Vulkan shipyard. The article shows that they did not immediately go for confrontation to older trade union structures but were willing to change the movement from within. With the support of a wildcat strike at the shipyard in 1973, the New Left raised the question of alternatives. As a result, the Social Democratic works council chairman resigned because of a lack of support from his colleagues, and in 1974 some communists were elected to the works council. I argue that there was no division into old and new but rather a diverse field of actors: a disparate group of workers with different occupational status, and political approaches; works councils and shop stewards with close ties to Bremen’s Social Democracy; and various communist groups that pursued very different policies and goals, sometimes joined forces, but basically fought each other—especially in conflicts—rather than taking joint action.
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跨运动罢工行动:20世纪70年代布雷默·沃尔坎造船厂的工人委员会和共产主义团体
从20世纪70年代早期开始,各种共产主义团体决定在布雷默武尔坎造船厂活跃起来。这篇文章表明,他们并没有立即与旧的工会结构对抗,而是愿意从内部改变运动。在1973年造船厂自发罢工的支持下,新左派提出了替代方案的问题。结果,社民党劳动委员会主席因缺乏同事的支持而辞职。1974年,一些共产党人当选为劳动委员会成员。我认为没有新老之分,而是一个不同领域的行动者:一群有着不同职业地位和政治方法的不同工人;与不来梅社会民主党关系密切的工人委员会和工厂管理人员;不同的共产主义团体奉行截然不同的政策和目标,有时会联合起来,但基本上是相互争斗——尤其是在冲突中——而不是采取联合行动。
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