Italian General Confederation of Labour

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**CGIL**

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.

1 General Secretaries
2 Affiliated union federations
3 Formally Associated Bodies
4 References
5 External links

[edit] General Secretaries

1944-1957 Giuseppe Di Vittorio
1957-1970 Agostino Novella
1970-1986 Luciano Lama
1986-1988 Antonio Pizzinato
1988-1994 Bruno Trentin
1994-2002 Sergio Cofferati
2002- Guglielmo Epifani

[edit] 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 (Insurence 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)

[edit] Formally Associated Bodies

Auser	Autogestione servizi SPI associacion for the self-employed
SUNIA	Sindacato Unitario Inquilini e Assegnatari
Federconsumatori	Consumer federation
UdS	Unione degli studenti, Secondary school student union
UdU	Unione degli universitari, University Student Union
ReDS	Rete degli studenti, Secondary school student union.