Talk:General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers

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Did you know... that when one president of the General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers tried to negotiate with the Nazi government, the other planned to resign in protest?

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:09, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that when one president of the General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers tried to negotiate with the Nazi government, the other resigned in protest? Source: "Als Vorsitzender des Gesamtverbandes und ADGB-Vorstandsmitglied suchte Becker die Existenzmöglichkeiten von Gewerkschaften in Gesprächen mit den Gewalthabern auszuloten" [1], "Lehnte jeden "Anpassungskurs" an die herrschenden Nationalsozialisten ab und ließ sich am 28. April 1933 mit der Absicht beurlauben, nicht mehr in den Dienst der Gewerkschaft zurückzukehren. Bei der Besetzung des Gewerkschaftshauses durch die SA am 2. Mai 1933 als Anwesender verhaftet und in das Antikriegsmuseum in der Parochialstraße verbracht" [2]

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Created by Warofdreams (talk). Self-nominated at 16:58, 10 June 2020 (UTC).[reply]

Thanks for an interesting article. It is new enough, long enough, and within policy. AGF on German sources. Two questions; first, the "Leadership" section doesn't have references; some of it is supported in the prose above, but it would avoid any raised eyebrows if sources are duplicated/added there. Second, the body of the article says the second president intended to resign, but doesn't say he actually did so; it needs to be explicit. Vanamonde (Talk) 22:13, 11 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review, I've now added the references for the leadership section. How about ALT1: ... that when the General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers tried negotiating with the Nazi government, one leader planned to resign, but before he could do so, the union was banned? Warofdreams talk 14:43, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Warofdreams: ALT1 is okay, but I think it would be more interesting if you amended the original to say the second planned to resign. Vanamonde (Talk) 15:15, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How about ALT2: ... that when one president of the General Union of Public Sector and Transport Workers tried to negotiate with the Nazi government, the other planned to resign in protest? Warofdreams talk 15:39, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's great, thank you. GTG. Vanamonde (Talk) 15:59, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I came by to promote ALT2, and while I see an inline cite for the one who planned to resign in protest, I don't see an inline cite for the one who tried to negotiate. Yoninah (talk) 12:56, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for catching this, I've added the missing reference now. Warofdreams talk 13:05, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Restoring tick per Vanamonde93's review. Yoninah (talk) 13:06, 8 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]