NAZIS AND WORKERS

German labour front (DAF)

Hitler banned trade unions because they supported the SPD or KPD and tried to increase workers' wages

The old trade unions were replaced with a Nazi organization DAF, led by Dr Robert Ley. It was supposed to protect workers rights

• Workers were not allowed to go on strike in Nazi Germany
• They had to get DAF's permission to change the type of job they did
• they often had to work longer hours
• Wage rates per hour were kept down to make worker affordable

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