One of my annual traditions is to participate in the Labour Day march and gatherings on May 1st. As a child my father, who was work council member of Deutsche Bahn, took me there and I never missed this festivity since then. Normally I would attend in my home town, Göttingen, but as I disagreed with some decisions of the local DGB regional organisation (Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, German federation of unions) lately, I chose to relocate for this day.
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As a friend was the main speaker at Hann. Münden, a small town easily reachable via regional train “Cantus”, I opted für Labour Day at this place full of timber-framed buildings. Nowadays not too many people take part in these activities because they forgot what unions achieved in history. But together with a marching band the group was not too small.
The march started at the castle of the house of Welf, turned around the Aegidienkirche and from there through the pedestrian zone to the city hall. The speech was remarkable and reminded of the bad situation in some companies and administrations and of all those things, unions still have to fight for. At least a sunny day and the option to visit nearby Sababurg, a zoological garden, together with my godson.