Workers' Friendship Association (English: Arbeiterverbrüderung)

Japanese: 労働者友愛会 - ろうどうしゃゆうあいかい（英語表記）Arbeiterverbrüderung

The first nationwide workers' organization in the history of the German labor movement, founded during the revolution of 1848. It was formed at the Berlin Workers' Congress (August 23 - September 3, 1848). The Central Committee, led by typesetter Stephan Born (1824-98), was based in Leipzig, and published the organ newspaper Fraternity (October 3, 1848 - June 29, 1850, published twice a week). Its main members were the "artisan workers" who had the skills to do handicrafts but were essentially becoming wage laborers, and its activities focused on organizing workers as "owners of labor," recognizing their participation in politics, and developing various self-help activities (adjusting labor-management relations, production cooperatives, group purchasing associations, health associations, etc.).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1848年革命期に設立されたドイツ労働運動史上最初の全国的労働者組織。ベルリン労働者会議(1848年8月23日～9月3日)において結成された。植字工シュテファン･ボルンStephan Born(1824‐98)を中心とする中央委員会はライプチヒに置かれ，機関紙《友愛》(1848年10月3日～50年6月29日，週2回刊)を発行。手工業的熟練を持ちながらも実質的には賃労働者化しつつあった〈職人労働者〉層を主たる担い手とし，活動の主眼は〈労働の所有者〉たる労働者の組織化と政治への参加の認知，種々の自助活動(労使関係の調整，生産協同組合，共同購入組合，保健協会等々)の展開に置かれた。

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