Berthold Huber
German trade unionist
Berthold Huber (born 15 February 1950) is a German former trade union leader.
Born on 15 February 1950 in Ulm, Huber was apprenticed as a toolmaker, and worked at Kässbohrer. He joined IG Metall, and in 1978 he became head of the Kässbohrer works council in part to his association with the predecessor organization to the Marxist–Leninist Party of Germany, the Communist Workers Union of Germany. In the mid-1980s, he studied philosophy, politics, and history at Frankfurt University, but left without completing his degree. He began working full-time for the union in 1990, and in 1991 became director of its president's office. In 1998, he became the director of its Baden-Wuerttemberg region, and was elected as the union's vice president in 2003. He became president of the union in 2007, and was also elected as president of the International Metalworkers' Federation, then moving to its successor, the IndustriALL Global Union.
In 2012, Huber retired from IG Metall, becoming deputy chair of the board of Volkswagen. In 2015, he served as acting chair, in which post he dealt with the fallout from the Volkswagen emissions scandal. He served on the board of Audi for nearly twenty years, retiring in 2018.
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