The **Free Women's and Workers' Union** (**FAU**) is
[federation](Confederation "wikilink") of
[anarcho-syndicalist](Anarcho-Syndicalism "wikilink")
[unions](Trade_Union "wikilink") based in [Germany](Germany "wikilink").

## History

### Founding

Founded in 1977 after the re-emergence of the
[CNT](National_Confederation_of_Labour_\(Spain\) "wikilink") in the
[Second Spanish Revolution](Second_Spanish_Revolution "wikilink"), the
new FAU saw itself as the successor of the [Free Workers' Union of
Germany](Free_Workers'_Union_of_Germany "wikilink"), which broke up in
1933 to avoid persecution from the [new
government](Nazi_Germany "wikilink").

### Major Actions

In 2007, FAU members organised a [bicycle](bicycle "wikilink")
[factory](factory "wikilink") in and helped [takeover the bike
factory](StrikeBike "wikilink") and run it as a [self-managed
workplace](Workers'_Self-Management "wikilink"). In 2009, FAU members
protested the Babylon Cinema in Berlin after the unjust firing of
workers, leading to the Berlin Court to forbid the FAU from calling
itself a union. Romanian construction workers with the FAU also began a
strike at the Mall of Berlin after they had not been paid for months.
They FAU also helps organise food delivery drivers, notably helping in
[Black Friday](Black_Friday_\(Germany\) "wikilink").\[1\]

## References

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1.  [Wikipedia](Wikipedia "wikilink") (German) -
    <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freie_Arbeiterinnen-_und_Arbeiter-Union>