Carl Degenkolb (1796-1862) was a German industrialist, who is generally understood to have pioneered the first
codetermination Worker representation on corporate boards of directors, also known as board-level employee representation (BLER), refers to the right of workers to vote for representatives on a board of directors in corporate law. In 2018, a majority of Organisatio ...
plans in his factories, as well as participating in drafting the first codetermination law during the failed
1848 Revolutions
The revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the springtime of the peoples or the springtime of nations, were a series of revolutions throughout Europe over the course of more than one year, from 1848 to 1849. It remains the most widespre ...
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[H. J. Teuteberg, ''Geschichte der Industriellen Mitbestimmung'' (1961) 102]
See also
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German labour law
German labour law refers to the regulation of employment relationships and industrial partnerships in Germany.
History
*General Commission of German Trade Unions (1892–1919)
*Free Association of German Trade Unions (1897–1919)
*Weimar Constitu ...
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Hans Jürgen Teuteberg
Hans Jürgen Teuteberg (18 December 1929–14 February 2015) was a German historian, who worked as a professor of social and economic history at the University of Münster from 1974 to 1995.
Teuteberg's ''magnum opus'' was his ''History of Industr ...
, ''Geschichte der Industriellen Mitbestimmung'' (1961)
History of labour law
1796 births
1862 deaths
Businesspeople from Stuttgart
Place of birth missing
People educated at the Karlsschule Stuttgart
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