DAF (German Labour Front)

The German Labour Front (DAF) was a national labor organization established in Nazi Germany in 1933, replacing independent trade unions. It aimed to control and regulate workers’ rights, employment conditions, and workplace policies under Nazi ideology. While it presented itself as a unifying organization for workers and employers, its primary goal was to align labor with state interests and suppress independent labor movements. Membership was compulsory, and the DAF facilitated propaganda, workers’ benefits, and employer-employee relations, but it lacked genuine worker representation or bargaining power. It effectively served as a tool for the Nazi regime to maintain control over the workforce.