 These occupational unions are going back to the traditional guild constitution and the stipulations of the Halberstadter Congress.The ADGB and Afa-Coalition were close to the SPD, the Christian Unions were close to the Center Party, the RGO was close to the KPD, the DHV was close to the right-conservative DNVP, and in the final phase of the Weimar Republic, it was even close to the NSDAP.The syndicalist Free Workers-Union Germany ("Freie Arbeiter-Union Deutschlands (FAUD)") completely opposed party politics.