On 2nd May 1933 all trade unions were banned because they were potential sources of opposition to Hitler and the Nazis
- The Nazis claimed that organisations that protected workers would no longer be needed
- The German Labour Front (DAF) was set up to replace trade unions. All trade unions were merged together into this one organisation
- Wage levels were decided by the DAF
- Workers were given record books to keep track of their employment history
- Strikes were banned and anyone who did attempt strike action would be sent to a concentration camp. At this early point they were newly created as prisons to keep political opponents in, with a view to re-educating them in the Nazi way of thinking
- The first concentration camp was opened at Dachau in March 1933
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