How did the German Labour Front replace independent trade unions?

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Nazi SS troops march in formation carrying banners with swastikas and eagles at the 1933 Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, with trees in the background. — Third Reich A Nazi Party rally at Nürnberg, Germany, in 1933.

In May 1933, the Nazi regime suppressed independent trade unions as part of the process of Gleichschaltung, or the "coordination" of German society under Nazi Party control.1

Following this suppression, the various independent unions were forcibly merged into a single state-controlled organization known as the German Labour Front, which was placed under the leadership of Robert Ley. This action effectively eliminated the ability of workers to organize independently or represent their interests against employers, serving as a key step in consolidating the dictatorship of the Third Reich.1