General Federation of Belgian Labour
Full name | General Federation of Belgian Labour |
---|---|
Native name |
Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique |
Founded | 1945 |
Members | 1.2 million |
Affiliation | ITUC, ETUC, TUAC |
Key people |
Rudy De Leeuw, president Anne Demelenne, secretary general |
Office location | Brussels, Belgium |
Country | Belgium |
Website | www.abvv.be |
The General Federation of Belgian Labour (ABVV/FGTB) is a socialist national trade union federation in Belgium. It was founded in 1945. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation and has a membership of almost 1.2 million.
Walloon movement
Through the foundation of the Mouvement populaire wallon during the Great Strike that took place in the Winter 1960-1961, the Walloon working class now also demanded federalism as well as structural reforms. The leader of the Strike, André Renard was also a national leader of the General Federation of Belgian Labour.[1] This whole process will be named Renardism.
-
Protest against economic austerity in Brussels (29 September 2010)
See also
- Interrégionale wallonne de la FGTB
References
- ICTUR et al.,, ed. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trade unionism of Belgium. |
- Official website (Dutch)
Notes
- ↑ Chantal Kesteloot, Growth of the Walloon Movement, in Nationalism in Belgium, MacMillan, London, 1998, pp. 139-152, p. 150.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, December 31, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.