Overview
- Delegates at the Dresden district conference elected Kolbe with 96.8% of the vote.
- In her first remarks, she dismissed calls to lengthen working time or pare back social security as outdated and short-sighted.
- Ralf Hron was elected deputy chair with 82.6% support.
- Kolbe takes over from Markus Schlimbach, who stepped down after eight years and did not run again.
- DGB Saxony represents roughly 250,000 members across eight unions, and the conference also backed motions including a review of a potential AfD ban, expanded protections for women, higher collective-bargaining coverage, and equal sharing of nursing-care insurance contributions without dropping a holiday.