Between 1920 and 1936 miners in Czechoslovakia elected representative councils. Several different trade unions, representing various different political tendencies, contested the elections.
A law for work councils in the mining industry was passed in June, 1920, being the first such law in Czechoslovakia. Councils were elected with tenures of two years. Elections to local mining councils were held at all mines with 20 employees or more. The condition to stand as a candidate was to be a Czechoslovak citizen aged 24 years or older, who had worked at the mine for minimum six months over the past 3 years. In order to vote in the election one had to be a Czechoslovak citizen aged 18 years or older, and having worked at least three months in the past 2 years. Each council had two advisers representing the management, one technical and one commercial.
Results Summary of 1928 election results Per Dubský (1984), the elections held in 1928 yielded the following result across the country; UnionPoliticalaffiliationNorthBohemiaFalkenovPlzeňKladnoŽacléřOstravaRosice-OslavanySlovakiaTotalMezinárodní všeodborový svaz – sekce horníků('International All-Union League - Miners Section')Communist115 10186631252134392Svaz horníků v Československé republice('Miners' Union of the Czechoslovak Republic')Czechoslovak Social Democrat56 342711304279369Union der Bergarbeiter('Union of Miners')German Social Democrat (DSAP)178951799308Národní sdružení odborových organizací('National Association of Trade Union Organizations')Czechoslovak National Democracy121215075Jednota horníků a hutníků('Unity of Miners and Ironworkers')Czechoslovak National Socialist311231350Sdružení československých horníků('Association of Czechoslovak Miners')SyndicalistMasaryk University. Sdružení československých horníků - představitelé revolučního syndikalismu231226Deutschsozialistische Bergarbeiterverband('German Socialist Miners' Union')German National Socialist223 25Svaz křesťanských horníků a hutníků('Union of Christian Miners and Ironworkers')Czechoslovak People's Party21102823Others1418 3237Total4511267210920341651211,305
Results in 3 Bohemian districts 1924-1936 Per Oellermann (2013), having slightly different estimates than Dubský, the work council elections in Northern Bohemia, Falkenov and Trautenau had the following composition; Northern Bohemia UnionPoliticalaffiliation192419261929193119331936Union der Bergarbeiter('Union of Miners')German Social Democrat204188180162123132Svaz horníků v Československé republice('Miners' Union of the Czechoslovak Republic')Czechoslovak Social Democrat605854595562Sdružení československých horníků('Association of Czechoslovak Miners')Syndicalist503512Mezinárodní všeodborový svaz – sekce horníků('International All-Union League - Miners Section')Communist86 97113Průmyslový svaz horníků('Industrial Miners' Union')Communist867846Jednota horníků a hutníků('Unity of Miners and Ironworkers')Czechoslovak National Socialist303031443935Deutschsozialistische Bergarbeiterverband('German Socialist Miners' Union')German National Socialist2524213867 Oellerman, Thomas. Mehr als nur eine Partei. Die deutsche Sozialdemokratie in der Tschechoslowakischen Republik 1918-1938
Falkenov UnionPoliticalaffiliation192419261929193119331936Union der Bergarbeiter('Union of Miners')German Social Democrat102 1095898766Svaz horníků v Československé republice('Miners' Union of the Czechoslovak Republic')Czechoslovak Social Democrat42Mezinárodní všeodborový svaz – sekce horníků('International All-Union League - Miners Section')Communist3 610Průmyslový svaz horníků('Industrial Miners' Union')Communist586Deutschsozialistische Bergarbeiterverband('German Socialist Miners' Union')German National Socialist367Deutschen Arbeitergewerkschaft('German Workers Trade Union')Sudeten German Party35Fachverbandes der Berg- und Hüttenarbeiter u.v.B. „Solidarität“('Trade Union of Miners, Ironworkers and related professions "Solidarity"')252218 14 12
Tratenau UnionPoliticalaffiliation192419261929193119331936Union der Bergarbeiter('Union of Miners')German Social Democrat17 10121199Svaz horníků v Československé republice('Miners' Union of the Czechoslovak Republic')Czechoslovak Social Democrat111111Sdružení československých horníků('Association of Czechoslovak Miners')Syndicalist4Mezinárodní všeodborový svaz – sekce horníků('International All-Union League - Miners Section')Communist8 43Průmyslový svaz horníků('Industrial Miners' Union')Communist124Jednota horníků a hutníků('Unity of Miners and Ironworkers')Czechoslovak National Socialist33344Deutschsozialistische Bergarbeiterverband('German Socialist Miners' Union')German National Socialist25455Národní sdružení('National Association')Czechoslovak National Democracy14 4 Verband der christlichen Berg. und Hüttenarbeiter('Union of Christian Miners and Ironworkers')German Christian-Social2 5Independents333 3
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