Working Class Protest in East Germany

In the East German working class, large demos and general strikes were held throughout the German Democratic Republic as a whole when the troublesome case of East Germany reached its peak on June 17, 1953. (G.D.R.). There are many reasons for these protests, but there are possibilities to be divided into two categories. First of all, long-term reasons. This includes an increase in work quotas and a subsequent decrease in labor income. This is also a plan for group farms in rural areas.

The construction plan also assumes that the working class is behind the plan. This raises the question of the legality of the SED in East Germany. If the working class resists their change, how can they legitimize their own? Regarding the role that the labor unions should play, there is a tension between the working class and the working class between the working class and the SED. The working class wishes to return to a more traditional role of trade unions, but the SED takes the view of the typical Soviet Union. Why do they need unions to focus on the conditions and rights of workers if they are building a communist society where all are equal and work for greater profit? This problem began to get worse due to the wage rate problem that the working class of East Germany had accepted. Their basic wage rate was very generous after the conclusion of World War II.

Another long-term problem that the working class emerged in 1953 is the transformation of the role of labor unions in East Germany. East Germany has a strong union tradition, but at the end of the war their roles began to change. They still have socialist members, but they will become more dominated by the Communist Party. They changed again in 1948. Now they are no longer merely concerned about protecting the interests of workers. They become something like TU of the Soviet Union and have a wider range of functions. They are actually an extension of the Communist Party and contribute to realizing the national goal of socialism construction. Large-scale industrial production is backed by unions that support the creation and support of unions to benefit from the increase in the labor force of the industrial sector later. The problem is around the poor resources that East Germany has. Socialists are also cooperating!