For the day of work, demonstrations and rallies of the DGB and the unions take place in 18 cities in Saxony under the motto “Make yourself strong with us”. For this purpose, several thousand participants are expected.
“On the day of work, together with the employees, we carry our demands on the street for a good future. We stand together and show: Solidarity makes us strong and nobody is fighting alone! We are a strong community and are committed to politics and administrations, towards politics and on the street for a strong economy, good work and social security,” said the Saxon DGB chairman Markus Schlimbach.
This year, the nationwide central DGB event will take place with the DGB chairman Yasmine in Chemnitz instead of. The demonstration from the Karl Marx Monument through Chemnitz to the DGB rally begins at 10:00 a.m. The rally with the speech by the DGB chairman begins 11:55 a.m. on the Neumarkt.
The chairman of the DGB Saxony, Markus Schlimbachwill be at the rally from 11:00 a.m. Freiberg and from 1:30 p.m. at the rally in Annaberg-Buchholz speak. In both cities, too Dirk PanterMinister of State for Economics, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection, speak.
The deputy chair of the DGB Saxony, Daniela Kolbeis in White water talk. The rally begins at 11:00 a.m.
In Leipzig becomes Carsten BurckhardtMember of the Federal Executive Board of IG Bau, talk to the rally. In Dresden Will be in the demonstration at 10:45 a.m. Christoph Hahn, IG Metall District Berlin-Brandenburg-Sachsen, and at the rally at 12:30 p.m. Burkhard NaumannTalk to Chairman GEW-Landesverband Sachsen.
All places and appointments can be found at: https://sachsen.dgb.de/erster-mai
The press office of the DGB Saxony can be reached on May 1st from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The central demands of Markus Schlimbach and Daniela Kolbe will be sent on May 1st at 9:30 a.m. with a blocking period. The number of participants in the Maikundungen in Saxony is published by the DGB Saxony around 2:00 p.m.
Information about the events on May 1st in Saxony:
Chemnitz:
09:00: Rave with DJs, French fries & coffee. With DJs Kainat, Pplaciid, Petalo, Marlboro Man.
10:00 a.m.: Demonstration “Unbürzable” with clubs, parties and unions from Karl-Marx-Monument to the Neumarkt. Among others with Philipp Türmer, BV Jusos, Ines Schwerdtner, Chairman Die Linke, Correct StorzBündnis90/ The Greens.
11:55 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.: Central DGB event with Yasmin Fahimi, DGB chairwoman, With rally and information stands on the Neumarkt. With music by “Die Zöllner”, “Kermeizeit” and Djane train driver Andi.
Freiberg:
10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Rally and family festival on the Schlossplatz with As dreilich, Chairman DGB district association Mittelachsen, Martin Seltmann, Initiative Mayor Freiberg, Markus Schlimbach, Chairman DGB Sachsen, and Dirk Panter, Minister of State for Economics, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection.
Annaberg-Buchholz:
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Rally and family festival on the market square Andreas Bernhardt, Chairman DGB district association Erzgebirge, Markus Schlimbach, Chairman DGB Sachsen, Dirk Panter, Minister of State for Economics, Labor, Energy and Climate Protection, Rolf Schmidt, Mayor City of Annaberg-Buchholz, and Rico Anton, District Administrator of the Erzgebirge district.
Zwickau:
2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.: Rally and family festival on the main market discussion round Thomas KnabelFirst authorized representative of IG Metall Zwickau, works council, district administrator Carsten Michaelis, Henning HomannMdL, Co-chairman of the SPD Saxony and Dirk LöschnerDirector of the Plauen-Zwickau Theater, view of the region’s businesses, live music with “Rockhaus”.
Plauen:
10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Rally with a family party on Albertplatz, opening through Heidi KröllChair of ver.di OV Vogtland, discussion round with representatives from politics, culture and civil society, live music
Another event for the day of work can be found in the DGB region of Southwest Saxony in Oh instead of.
-Dresden:
10:00 a.m.: Demonstration from the Augustusbrücke (Neustädter side) through the city center to the Schlossplatz with intermediate rally at the Dr.-Külz-Ring around 10:45 a.m. Main speaker: Christoph HahnIG Metall District Berlin-Brandenburg-Sachsen.
12:00 p.m.: Rally and information stands on the Schlossplatz. Main speaker: Burkhard NaumannChairman GEW-Landesverband Sachsen.
Pirna:
1 p.m. to 5 p.m.: Rally and family festival on the banks of the Elbe (below the old town) Anja OehmChair of DGB district association Saxon Switzerland-Eastern Mountains.
Blight:
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.: Rally and family festival “Am Bootshaus” Stefan EhlyFirst authorized representative of IG Metall Dresden-Riesa.
Leipzig:
10:00 a.m.: Bicycle Korso on the Sachsenbrücke to the Leipzig Markt.
10:30 a.m.: Demonstration from the Volkshaus to the market.
12:00 p.m.: Rally on the Leipzig market with Carsten BurckhardtMember of the Federal Executive Board of IG Bau, and Manuela GrimmRegional Managing Director DGB Leipzig-Nordsachsen.
Borna:
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.: Rally and family festival on the market square Oliver UrbanMayor City of Borna, Henry GraichenDistrict administrator district of Leipzig, Ines Kuchever.di state district of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, and Stefan HartmannMdL, state chairman Die Linke.
Further events can be found in the DGB region Leipzig-Nordsachsen from 10:00 a.m. Torgau, Böhlen and Delitzsch and from 2 p.m. in Oschatz instead of.
Bautzen:
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.: Rally on the grain market with Karsten Vogt, Mayor City of Bautzen, Uwe GarbeChairman DGB district association Bautzen, Kathrin MichelMdB, SPD state chairman Saxony, Florian MoritzDepartment head DGB federal board. Then family festival until 4:00 p.m.
White water:
11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.: Maifeier and family festival on the Sorauer Platz Daniela Kolbe, Deputy Chair DGB Sachsen, Frank SchusterChairman DGB district association Görlitz, and Katja Dietrich, Mayor City of Weißwasser.
Görlitz:
1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.: Demonstration from the train station through Görlitz to the rally on the Demianiplatz Octavian Ursu, Mayor City of Görlitz, Nicole ScheibeDGB district association Görlitz, and Reni RichterDistrict manager IGBCE Lausitz. Then family festival.
Events in the run -up to May 1, 2025
In the run -up to May 1st, events take place in Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz for the day of work.
29.04.20255:30 p.m., employee reception in the old trading exchange in Leipzig with Burkhard JungMayor City of Leipzig and Manuela GrimmDGB regional manager Leipzig-Nordsachsen
30.04.20257:00 p.m., DGB culture forum with Yasmine and Julia Friedrichs and „Weltecho” Chemnitz. From 10 p.m., class struggle party 2.0 of the DGB youth.
30.04.20255:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., reading with Jan Hegenberg. Then dance in May the DGB Youth Saxony in the Bärenzwinger Club in Dresden.
Further information on all appointments and places is published on the website of the DGB regions.
Further information on our special page on May 1, 2025 in Saxony.
