Bernd Röttger studied political sciences at the Free University of Berlin, the Technical University of Braunschweig and the University of Hamburg. He is currently freelancing in trade union educational work, and is also an author and lecturer. He is one of the editors for the magazine "Das Argument" and is also working for "Historisch-kritisches Wörterbuch des Marxismus". His numerous publications deal with the political economy of capitalism, the development of social labor and trade union policy.