Labor Demonstrations in Europe

Photos showcasing labor protests and demonstrations in Germany, emphasizing workers' rights, vocational training, and social justice themes.

Tax officials also take to the streets for their demand for more pay, as here in Duesseldorf in 1969, Germany, Europe

In the years 1965 to 1971, apprentices, teachers and the various trade unions campaigned for better vocational training and more co-determination through protests and demonstrations in the Ruhr area and other cities

More than 100, 000 people demonstrated against nuclear power on 14.100.1979 in Bonn, Germany, Europe

Several hundred journalists and employees of the publishing houses of the newspapers WAZ (Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung) and NRZ (Neue Ruhr-Zeitung) took to the streets in Essen on 27 October 1975 in protest against the merger out of concern for their jobs and press freedom, Germany, Europe

Students at Dortmund University demonstrated on 30.01.1975 against what they saw as a deterioration in study conditions as a result of the Higher Education Framework Act (HRG), Germany, Europe

The DGB central event on 1 May 1975 with the Federal Chancellor in Gelsenkirchen

An expellees' rally on 30 May 1970 in Bonn with the NPD, Aktion W and Franz Josef Strauss vehemently opposed the SPD/FDP coalition's policy of rapprochement and the realisation of the treaties with the East, Germany, Europe

Several thousand demonstrators came to Bonn, Germany, on 29. 4. 1972 for a demonstration in favour of the ratification of the Eastern Treaty by the Willy Brandt government, Europe

The DGB central event on 1 May 1975 with the Federal Chancellor in Gelsenkirchen

The 1962 Easter march, here the Easter march Ruhr 62 on 21. 4. 1962, was the 1st Easter march with a larger participation of the inhabitants of the Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

Demonstrations from 1-5 April 1975 in the centre of Hanover, which became traditional under the heading Red Dot, opposed fare increases for trains and buses, Germany, Europe

25, 000 called by the peace movement demonstrated against new nuclear missiles, neutron bomb and the Nato double decision on 4.4.1981 in Bonn, Germany, Europe

The collective bargaining dispute (strike) of the Industrial Union of Metalworkers (IG Metall) on 6-7 March 1974 mainly affected the shipyards and other well-known metal companies in Bremen, Germany, Europe

The Whitsun Youth Meeting of the trade union youth was not limited to camping and cultural activities but the youth took to the streets against youth unemployment and for an improvement of education on 03.06, 1979 in Hanover, Germany, Europe

Called by the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), about 10, 000 demonstrated against neo-Nazism and the NPD in Frankfurt/M, Germany on 17 June 1980

The Schuelermitverantwortung (SMV) campaigned for co-determination for students and apprentices on 1 July 1974 with a congress and subsequent demonstration in Recklinghausen, Germany, Europe

The 1968 International Vietnam Congress and the subsequent demonstration by students from the Technical University of Berlin and 44 other countries was one of the most important events of the 1960s and was influential in the student movement in Germany

The Sudeten German Day, here in Nuremberg on 1. 6. 1971, was a mixture of demonstration, rally and camp life for the youth, Germany, Europe

In the municipal election campaign, members and supporters of the German Communist Party (DKP) demonstrated for a price freeze on gas, against arms spending and against a firing range in Kaefertal, Germany, Europe

Meeting of the shop stewards of IG Metall at Hoesch AG Westfalenhuette on 05.11.1980 in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

The 1962 Easter march, here the Easter march Ruhr 62 on 21. 4. 1962, was the 1st Easter march with a larger participation of the inhabitants of the Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

The DGB's call in 1982 against unemployment and social cuts was followed by about 50, 000 workers and employees from all individual trade unions to demonstrate and rally, Germany, Europe

About 5000 people, mostly pupils and students, came to Essen on 5 February 1972 to demonstrate against the increase in fares. A large police contingent was deployed to protect the public transport system

Migrants and left-wing groups demonstrated against xenophobia in 1982, Germany, Europe

The Easter March 1968, Germany, demonstrated for peace with the main demands to end the Vietnam War and against the emergency laws from Duisburg to Dortmund. DEU, here on 13. 4. 1968 in the Ruhr area, Ruhr Area: The Easter March 1968, Germany, Europe

The traditional culture days of the city of Dortmund - here on 14. 5. 1973 in Dortmund - were marked this year by the USSR. Counter-demo, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. National demonstration students Amsterdam policy Minister Deetman. December 1, 1987. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Several hundred citizens from Nuremberg, Germany, protested against a US troop training area in the Reichswald forest in Bonn on 14 March 1973, Europe

Several hundred apprentices, pupils and students demonstrated together against the reduction of apprenticeships and youth unemployment on 15.03.1975 in Essen, Germany, Europe

Due to the energy and mining crisis, the Ruhr region was shaken by demonstrations, protests, coal dumps and disused mines from 1965 to 1970, Germany, Europe

The Easter March 1968, Germany, demonstrated for peace with the main demands to end the Vietnam War and against the emergency laws from Duisburg to Dortmund. DEU, here on 13. 4. 1968 in the Ruhr area, Ruhr Area: The Easter March 1968, Germany, Europe

The expansion of the spontaneous strikes in September 1969 extended to the Ruhr area. The photo shows the strike action in the Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

Trade union activities in the years 1965 to 1971 on the subject of co-determination and Montanmitbestimmung in the Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

The 2nd meeting of Chancellor Willy Brandt with GDR MP Willi Stoph on 21 May 1971 in Kassel was accompanied by a large number of statements for and against the Brandt government's policy of detente

In the years 1965 to 1971, apprentices, teachers and the various trade unions campaigned for better vocational training and more co-determination through protests and demonstrations in the Ruhr area and other cities

The occasion was the SPD party conference in 1982 for the Young Socialists in the SPD to demonstrate with 50, 000 supporters against the Nato double decision, Germany, Europe

The activities of the peace movement in the Ruhr area in the years 1965 to 1971. Easter March Ruhr 1966, Germany, Europe

An expellees' rally on 30 May 1970 in Bonn with the NPD, Aktion W and Franz Josef Strauss vehemently opposed the SPD/FDP coalition's policy of rapprochement and the realisation of the treaties with the East, Germany, Europe

Concern for their jobs brought the Demag-Mannesmann workforce to the streets in protest on 13 July 1975 in Duesseldorf. The particular feature of the protest was the imminent closure of the plant in Kalletal, Germany, Europe

Against the Radical Decree and for the lifting of the ban on the KPD, those affected, students and pupils demonstrated in Bochum on 3 February 1972, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. DEM. Of 200 Christian Turks on Binnenhof in The Hague aimed at the fact that many endangered from the Netherlands. October 23, 1980. Binnenhof, The Hague, South Holland

Several hundred citizens from Nuremberg, Germany, protested against a US troop training area in the Reichswald forest in Bonn on 14 March 1973, Europe

Flowers for Stukenbrock the memorial tribute to Soviet Nazi victims on 6.9.1975 is an event at the Ponds of Reconciliation in Stukenbrock near Bielefeld, Germany, Europe

About 6000 workers and employees and their families of Siemens demonstrated for the preservation of their jobs on 26 September 1976 in Bruchsal, Germany, Europe

The strike action in the collective bargaining dispute of the Industriegewerkschaft Metall (IG Metall) from 19-21 March 1974 in Bremen and Bremerhaven, Germany, Europe

The warfare of the U. S. Army in the countries Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos met with increasing rejection in the German public in the 1960s, especially in the youth and student movement. Bonn 1968

The 1962 Easter march, here the Easter march Ruhr 62 on 21. 4. 1962, was the 1st Easter march with a larger participation of the inhabitants of the Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

More than 100, 000 followed the DGB's call in 1982 for a large demonstration against unemployment and social cuts and for codetermination, Germany, Europe

Workers and employees of Hoesch AG Westfalenhuette demonstrated in the collective bargaining dispute on 6 November 1975 in Dortmund against the 5% wage increase offered by the employers and demanded 8%, Germany, Europe

The Congress Emergency of Democracy was a first significant manifestation of trade unions and other democratic forces against the emergency laws on 30. 10. 1966 at the Roemer in Frankfurt/M, Germany, Europe

Till East and West Unite.A view of the German 'Freedom' Memorial.A memorial was unveiled in the Reichkanzlerplatz in the British sector of West Berlin on Saturday on the occasion of "German Home Country Day".The memorial bears the words "Freedom justice & Peace. The stone cube holds a flame bowle in which a fire was lit and is not to be extinguished until Germany is reunited and all Germans expelled from eastern territories have been repatraited. September 12, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

More than 100, 000 followed the DGB's call in 1982 for a large demonstration against unemployment and social cuts and for codetermination, Germany, Europe

The occasion was the SPD party conference in 1982 for the Young Socialists in the SPD to demonstrate with 50, 000 supporters against the Nato double decision, Germany, Europe

More than 300, 000 people attended the largest peace demonstration in Germany up to that time in Bonn's Hofgarten in October 1981, Germany, Europe

Following a conference of student councils (ASTA), the conference and a subsequent demonstration opposed a new Higher Education Act (HRG) in Duesseldorf, Germany on 30 November 1979

Anefo photo collection. Solidarity meeting, action "1 million signatures for the Russian Jews in Amsterdam". Overview of the meeting. 18 February 1982

The 1964 Easter March led by the Campaign for Disarmament, here in Bremen on 29. 3. 1964, was guided by the demand for the disarmament of nuclear weapons in West and East, Germany, Europe

A meeting of traditional SS associations was opposed by mainly young people from democratic youth associations and trade unions in June 1981, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Protest against facistical and discriminary parties in the courtyard that may not participate in elections 2-6. 15 April 1982. Binnenhof, The Hague, South Holland

All individual trade unions in the DGB demonstrated together with about 50, 000 participants in 1982 against unemployment, social cuts and social peace as well as missile armament, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration for more and affordable homes for young people and manifestation in Krasnapolsky; demonstration. October 16, 1976

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration officials by 3.5%% off in Jaarbeurs and at Nieuw Policebureau Utrecht. Officials protest at the police station. October 31, 1983. Utrecht (province), Utrecht (city)

Concern for their jobs brought more than 5, 000 steelworkers and their families out on the streets in January 1982 to protest, Germany, Europe

Duisburg. IG Metall rally for the preservation of steel jobs. on 6. 3. 1987

Parents and pupils demonstrated together for more teachers and against the Radical Decree in front of the New Town Hall, Germany, 28.01.1976, Europe

More than 100, 000 people demonstrated against nuclear power on 14.100.1979 in Bonn, Germany, Europe

Approx. 100, 000 students from all parts of the Federal Republic demonstrated in 1982 for the retention of the Bafoegsaetze for students, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Final manifestation Volkpetitionnement Hague; meeting. October 26, 1985. Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. PTT ERS demonstrate against transfer to North des Lands (The Hague); Protesting PTT people. 6 February 1980. The Hague, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Meeting and demonstration CPN in Amsterdam; Demonstration en route. February 21, 1976. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

More than 40, 000 people from Germany, Italy, Chile, Spain, Greece and other countries demonstrated together on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the end of Hitler's fascism on 10 May 1975 in Fr, Germany, Europe

A wave of outrage swept the Ruhr area when the Hansa mine was closed, here at demonstrations on 21 October 1967 in Dortmund-Huckarde. Transparent: Transparent: No consolation but action Mr. Schiller, Germany, Europe

Elsevier photo collection. Asva organized demonstration military coup Greece Amsterdam. demonstrators banners. 6, 1967. Amsterdam, Greece

About 8, 000 young people, students and schoolchildren demonstrated against militarism, the Cold War, rearmament and recruitment, called by many youth organisations and parties, in Bonn, Germany on 8 November 1980

5000 pupils, students and young people, called by various youth associations, demonstrated together for solidarity with Chile and against the military junta on 23 September 1973 in Cologne, Germany, Europe

20, 000 demonstrators called by the peace movement, the SPD and other democratic organisations and trade unions formed in 1982 against nuclear missiles and a weapons fair IDEE (International Defense Electronic Exposition), Germany, Europe

Tax officials also take to the streets for their demand for more pay, as here in Duesseldorf in 1969, Germany, Europe

Cologne leftists demonstrated against neo-Nazis and international fascism through the city centre on 10. 11. 1968, Germany, Europe

Concern for their jobs at AEG Kanis and the struggle for co-determination drove the workers and the union onto the streets for a protest on 30 August 1979 in Frankfurt/M, Germany, Europe

In 1982, the NPD party congress provoked opposition from the DGB youth, other democratic organisations and Nazi victims, Germany, Europe

The Red Dot action, here in Essen on 30 October 1971, accompanied by an excess of police officers, was against the fare increases of the transport companies, Germany, Europe

The SPD rally for the ratification of the Ostvertrags on 23. 4. 1972 in the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund, Germany, Europe

With a siege and temporary occupation of the Hoesch AG headquarters on 11.9.1969, spontaneous striking steelworkers opened a series of strikes in the coalfield, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Blockade Stadhuis Amsterdam i.v.m.Installatie Center Party Council; Banner: "Forbids center party. April 29, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Following a call by the German Federation of Trade Unions (DGB), several thousand mostly young people demonstrated against youth unemployment and for better education in Frankfurt/M, Germany on 10 November 1979

Anefo photo collection. Universities of demonstrators Amsterdam against education policy government, Amsterdam, protesters with signs on Rokin. November 29, 1971. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Nazi victims, some in concentration camp uniforms, demonstrated against the occupational bans caused by the Radical Decree on 23 October 1975 in Bonn. The call was made by the Association of Persecuted Persons of the Nazi Regime (VVN), Germany, Europe

Tenants protest with a collection of signatures, here in the city of Duesseldorf in 1966, against rent profiteering and the White Circle, Germany, Europe

Workers and employees of Hoesch AG Westfalenhuette demonstrated in the collective bargaining dispute on 6 November 1975 in Dortmund against the 5% wage increase offered by the employers and demanded 8%, Germany, Europe

Trade union activities in the years 1965 to 1971 on the subject of co-determination and Montanmitbestimmung in the Ruhr area, Germany, Europe

An expellees' rally on 30 May 1970 in Bonn with the NPD, Aktion W and Franz Josef Strauss vehemently opposed the SPD/FDP coalition's policy of rapprochement and the realisation of the treaties with the East, Germany, Europe

The conference of the left-oriented SDAJ and the torchlight march of the youth organisation against a reduction in apprenticeships and youth unemployment on 05.10.1974 in Remscheid, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Demonstration of the Auschwitz Committee in Amsterdam. Demonstrators require the return of war criminal Willy Lages with the aim of placing it again under the scope of the Dutch justice. September 18, 1966. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

The Textile and Garment Workers' Union (GTB) demonstrated in Bonn with about 10, 000 of its members against the misery in the textile industry, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Illegal Moroccans in Hunger Strike in Church in Alkmaar; Protest against keeping illegal immigrants at police station. 24 June 1980. Alkmaar, Morocco

The traditional honouring of Nazi victims in the Bittermark, here on 12. 4. 1968 in Dortmund, was accompanied by various political directions in current politics, Germany, Europe

Anefo photo collection. Action "Get your file" Due to psychiatric patients at AMC I.V.M. Poor schemes of detention of dossier demonstrators on the way to AMC in the Bijlmer /. May 6, 1982

Supporters and friends of the SPD/FDP government coalition demonstrated in Bonn on 26 April 1972 with a torchlight march and rally in favour of the government and the ratification of the Eastern treaties, Germany, Europe

Several thousand demonstrators came to Bonn, Germany, on 29. 4. 1972 for a demonstration in favour of the ratification of the Eastern Treaty by the Willy Brandt government, Europe

DEU, Germany: The historical colour photos from the times of the 70s show events and people from politics, culture, trade unions, working life, medicine, etc. Duisburg. Thyssen steelworkers against closure on 22.5.1975

Workers and employees of the German Postal Workers' Union (DPG) demonstrated against the wage offer of a 9.5 % increase in Wuppertal, Germany, on 31 January 1974, Europe

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