# August Brey
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{{Short description|German politician and trade unionist}}
'''August Brey''' (1 August 1864 – 28 July 1937) was a [German](/source/German_people) politician and trade unionist.
Born in [Gelnhausen](/source/Gelnhausen) in the [Electorate of Hesse](/source/Electorate_of_Hesse), Brey completed an apprenticeship as a shoemaker, and joined the [Social Democratic Party of Germany](/source/Social_Democratic_Party_of_Germany) (SPD) in 1885. In 1890, he was a leading founder of the [Union of Factory, Agricultural and Commercial Support Workers in Germany](/source/Union_of_Factory%2C_Agricultural_and_Commercial_Support_Workers_in_Germany) (FAV), a [general union](/source/general_union), and became its president. From 1892, he was also the editor of the union's newspaper, ''Der Proletariat''. In 1906, he led the reform of the FAV as an [industrial union](/source/industrial_union), renamed as the [Factory Workers' Union of Germany](/source/Factory_Workers'_Union_of_Germany).[{{cite web |title=August Brey |url=http://zhsf.gesis.org/biorabkr_db/biorabkr_db.php?id=298 |website=Biographien deutscher Parlamentarier 1848 bis heute |accessdate=8 June 2020}}]["Brey, August", ''Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon'', p.72][{{cite book |last1=Haupt |first1=G. |title=August Brey |date=1931 |publisher=ADGB |pages=266–267 |url=http://library.fes.de/cgi-bin/ihg2pdf.pl?vol=1&f=291&l=292 |accessdate=8 June 2020}}]
In 1906, Brey was elected as the chair of the SPD organisation in [Hannover](/source/Hannover), and he was also elected to represent the party in the Reichstag. He served until it was replaced by the [Weimar National Assembly](/source/Weimar_National_Assembly), and then in the Reichstag again. From 1919, he also served in the Prussian State Assembly. In 1925, he was elected as president of the [International Federation of General Factory Workers](/source/International_Federation_of_General_Factory_Workers).