About FAU
What is the FAU?
The FAU is an association of independent, democratic grassroots labour unions.
What are our goals?
As a workers’ organisation, our goal is to improve the conditions under which we live and work – and much more besides.
How does the FAU work?
The local unions act independently on the basis of the FAU principles, statutes and resolutions, and cooperate on a nationwide basis.
How can I participate?
Membership is open to workers of every sector and industry. You can also become a member if you are still at school, a college or university student, self-employed, or unemployed.
The FAU. Who we are and what we want.
The FAU is an anarcho-syndicalist federation of labour unions. It is made up of independent local unions called syndicates. We are a grassroots organisation: all decisions are made from the bottom up .
As a workers organisation, our goal is to create the conditions for a better tomorrow. FAU is fighting to overcome the current system of exploitation, destruction and oppression of human beings and the environment, and to replace it with an economic and social order based on solidarity and self-government, in which everyone can live a good life.
As workers, we have the power to disrupt the smooth flow of wage labour. We prefer to achieve our goals by direct means. This means using tactics that exert direct pressure on employers and businesses. We call these tactics "direct action".
Capitalism is not inevitable. It is not a force of nature, but a power relationship. It was created by human beings, and it can be abolished by human beings by means of collective worker action.
For this struggle for a better society to be successful, it has to be international. The FAU has therefore joined forces with other unions with a similar outlook and approach from around the world to form the International Confederation of Labour (ICL).
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Solidarity with all democratic forces in Syria – Down with Erdogan and al-Sharaa — erstellt von Internationales Komitee — last modified 28.01.2026
- A statement by the International Committee of the FAU
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Solidarity with the Independent Union of Academic Workers of the UNAM (SITTAUNAM) — erstellt von IK — last modified 28.01.2026
- Solidarität mit dem Arbeitskampf an der Nationalen Universität von Mexiko! [ES/EN]
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FAU International Committee supports the feminist revolt in Iran — erstellt von IK — last modified 28.01.2026
- As IC, we call for support for the revolutionary forces: Organise and participate in solidarity actions, spread information from Iran and donate to the comrades.
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Solidarity greetings from FAU congress to SERETE struggling in Greece — erstellt von redaktion — last modified 28.01.2026
- The Union of Workers in Research and Higher Education (SERETE) organized a nationwide strike of precarious academic workers.
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Amsterdam: Obdachlos nach Radunfall - Radical Riders bitten um Spenden! [DE | EN] — erstellt von FAU Münsterland — last modified 28.01.2026
- Aufgrund eines Defekt des von Thuisbezorgd gestellten Fahrrades verletzte sich ein Rider das Knie schwer und kann auf absehbare Zeit nicht mehr fahren. Er lebte in einem Hostel, auf der Suche nach einer Wohnung. Nun kann er sich das Hostel nicht mehr leisten, denn das Krankengeld reicht dafür nicht. Thuisbezorgd (das niederländische Pendant zu Lieferando) hilft ihm nicht.
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Statement by the International Committee of FAU on the Russian invasion of Ukraine — erstellt von Internationales Komitee — last modified 28.01.2026
- FAU International Committee condemns the Russian military invasion of Ukraine and calls all solidary workers in Germany to provide all possible help to those affected in Ukraine as well as to the courageous anti-war demonstrators in Russia and Belarus