Italian General Confederation of Labour

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CGIL
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Italian General Confederation of Labour
Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro
Founded June, 1944
Members 5,542,667 (2005)
Country Italy
Affiliation ITUC, ETUC, TUAC
Key people Guglielmo Epifani, secretary general
Office location Rome, Italy
Website www.cgil.it

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.

[edit] References

  • (2005) in ICTUR et al,: Trade Unions of the World, 6th, London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7. 

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