Italian General Confederation of Labour
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The Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) is a national trade union
centre in Italy
. It was formed by agreement between socialists, communists, and Christian democrats in the "Pact of Rome" of June 1944. But in 1950, socialists and Christian democrats split forming UIL
and CISL
, and since then the CGIL has been influenced by the Communist Party
(PCI).
It has been the most important Italian trade union since its creation. It has a membership of over 5.5 million.
The CGIL is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation
and the European Trade Union Confederation
, and is a member of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
centre in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. It was formed by agreement between socialists, communists, and Christian democrats in the "Pact of Rome" of June 1944. But in 1950, socialists and Christian democrats split forming UIL
Italian Labour Union
The Italian Labour Union , in italian 'Unione Italiana del Lavoro', is a national trade union center in Italy. It was founded in 1950 as Socialist split from CGIL. It represents more than 1,9 million workers....
and CISL
Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions
The Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Lavoratori is an Italian trade union association representing various Roman Catholic-inspired groups linked with Christian Democracy....
, and since then the CGIL has been influenced by the Communist Party
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...
(PCI).
It has been the most important Italian trade union since its creation. It has a membership of over 5.5 million.
The CGIL is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
and the European Trade Union Confederation
European Trade Union Confederation
The European Trade Union Confederation is a trade union organization which was established in 1973 to represent workers and their national affiliates at the European level....
, and is a member of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD.
General secretaries
- 1944-1957 Giuseppe Di VittorioGiuseppe Di VittorioGiuseppe Di Vittorio, also known under the pseudonym Nicoletti , was an Italian syndicalist trade unionist and communist politician, one of the most influential leaders of the labor movement after World War I....
- 1957-1970 Agostino Novella
- 1970-1986 Luciano Lama
- 1986-1988 Antonio Pizzinato
- 1988-1994 Bruno Trentin
- 1994-2002 Sergio CofferatiSergio CofferatiSergio Cofferati is an Italian politician who, after serving as mayor of Bologna for the Democrats of the Left from 2004 to 2009, and thus has been elected as Member of the European Parliament in 2009 for the Italian Democratic Party....
- 2002-2010 Guglielmo Epifani
- 2010- Susanna Camusso
Affiliated union federations
| FIOM | Federazione Impiegati Operai Metallurgici (Metalworkers) |
| SPI | Sindacato Pensionati Italiani (Pensioners) |
| FLAI | Federazione Lavoratori dell'Agro-Industria (Farmworkers) |
| FILLEA | Federazione Italiana dei Lavoratori del Legno, dell'Edilizia, Industrie affini ed Estrattive |
| FILT | Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Trasporti (Transport) |
| FILTEA | Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Tessili e Abbigliamento (Fabric trade) |
| FILCEM | Federazione dei Lavoratori della Chimica, dell'Energia e delle Manifatture (Chemical, Energy, and manufacturing). |
| FILCAMS | Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Commercio, Albergo, Mensa e Servizi |
| FISAC | Federazione Italiana Sindacale Lavoratori Assicurazione e Credito (Insurance and Credit) |
| NIDIL | Nuove Identità di Lavoro |
| SLC | Sindacato Lavoratori Comunicazione (Communications) |
| FLC | Federazione dei Lavoratori della Conoscenza |
| FP | Federazione dei Lavoratori della Funzione Pubblica (Public sector workers) |
Formally Associated Bodies
| Auser Auser Auser may refer to:*Autogestione servizi SPI, an Italian association for the self-employed formally associated with the Italian General Confederation of Labour *the Latin name of the river Serchio, in the Italian region of Tuscany... |
Autogestione servizi SPI associacion for the self-employed |
| SUNIA | Sindacato Unitario Inquilini e Assegnatari |
| Federconsumatori | Consumer federation |
| UdS | Unione degli Studenti Unione degli Studenti The Students' union it is an Italian independent association, antifascist secular, pacifist and of syndical inspiration. It makes part to European level of the OBESSU, net that the principals gather present student labor unions in Europe. The actual national coordinator is Mariano Di Palma... , Secondary school student union |
| UdU | Unione degli universitari, University Student Union |
| ReDS | Rete degli studenti, Secondary school student union. |