Central government department

Japanese: Zentralarbeitsgemeinschaft

…He inherited and developed the family business established by his grandfather, creating Germany's largest conglomerate (Stiennes Conglomerate) centered on the iron and coal industry, and was called the "King of the Ruhr." During the German Revolution, he established the Central Labor Community (Zentralarbeitsgemeinschaft) together with the chairman of the Free Trade Union, Regin, and worked to overcome the revolution. He exerted enormous influence on the political and financial world of the early Weimar Republic, and during the crisis of the Republic in 1923, which began with the occupation of the Ruhr, he planned a dictatorship, but failed. …

From the German Revolution

… In the face of the revolution of the workers and soldiers, the military allied with the Social Democrats to suppress it (the Ebert-Gröner Agreement of November 10), while the industrial sector allied with the labor unions to maintain the capitalist system and secure a say in economic policy (the Stinnes-Regien Agreement of November 15). In the Stinnes-Regien Agreement (also called the Central Labor Community Agreement, the Zentralarbeitsgemeinschaft), the labor unions were recognized as equal negotiating partners for the first time, and the eight-hour work day was also approved. However, in the Ruhr region, the coal miners, who had been overworked during the war under the severe oppressive system of the combined industrial and military forces, launched a strike movement centered on the employees' meetings and employees' committees of each coal mine, demanding further reductions in working hours and higher wages. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Zentralarbeitsgemeinschaft" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…祖父の興した同族会社を継承･発展させて，炭鉄業を中心としたドイツ最大のコンツェルン(シュティンネス･コンツェルン)を作り，〈ルールの王〉と呼ばれた。ドイツ革命にさいして，自由労組議長レギーンとともに中央労働共同体Zentralarbeitsgemeinschaftを設立し，革命の克服に努力した。ワイマール共和国初期の政財界に巨大な影響力を及ぼし，ルール占領に始まる1923年の共和国の危機にさいして独裁計画を練ったが，失敗した。…

【ドイツ革命】より

…　労働者･兵士の革命に直面して，軍部は，社会民主党と結んでこれを抑えようとし(11月10日のエーベルト=グレーナー協定)，産業界は，労働組合と結んで資本主義体制の維持と経済政策への発言権の確保をはかった(11月15日のシュティンネス=レギーン協定)。このシュティンネス=レギーン協定(中央労働共同体協定Zentralarbeitsgemeinschaftともよばれる)では，労働組合が初めて対等の交渉相手として認められ，また8時間労働日が承認された。しかしルール地方では，戦争中，産軍一体のきびしい弾圧体制のもとで酷使されてきた炭鉱労働者が，労働時間のいっそうの短縮と賃上げを求めて，各炭鉱の従業員集会･従業員委員会を中心にストライキ運動を展開した。…

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