Italian General Confederation of Labour
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| Full name | Italian General Confederation of Labour |
|---|---|
| Native name | Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro |
| Founded | June 1944 |
| Members | 5.686.010 (2013) |
| Affiliation | ITUC, ETUC, TUAC |
| Key people |
Susanna Camusso (General Secretary) |
| Office location | Rome, Italy |
| Country | Italy |
| Website | www.cgil.it |
The Italian General Confederation of Labour (Italian: Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro; 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) and until recent years by the parties that succeeded the PCI.
It has been the most important Italian trade union since its creation. It has a membership of over 5.5 million. Along with the decline of membership within its political equivalent, the Democratic Party, its membership is in steep decline since 2013, with the percentage of pensioners in constant rise. On July 1, 2015, the number of working adults reached a ceiling at 2.185.099. The CGIL is currently the second largest trade union in Europe, after the German DGB, which has over 6 million members.
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.
General secretaries
| N° | Name (Born–Died) |
Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giuseppe Di Vittorio (1892–1957) |
February 1945 | November 1957 | |
| 2 | Agostino Novella (1905–1974) |
November 1957 | March 1970 | |
| 3 | Luciano Lama (1921–1996) |
March 1970 | March 1986 | |
| 4 | Antonio Pizzinato (1932– ) |
March 1986 | November 1988 | |
| 5 | Bruno Trentin (1926–2007) |
November 1988 | November 1994 | |
| 6 | Sergio Cofferati (1948– ) |
November 1994 | September 2002 | |
| 7 | Guglielmo Epifani (1950– ) |
September 2002 | November 2010 | |
| 8 | Susanna Camusso (1955– ) |
November 2010 | Incumbent | |
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 (Education) |
| FP | Federazione dei Lavoratori della Funzione Pubblica (Public sector workers) |
Formally Associated Bodies
| Auser | Autogestione servizi SPI associacion for the self-employed |
| SUNIA | Sindacato Unitario Inquilini e Assegnatari |
| Federconsumatori | Consumer federation |
| RdSM | Rete degli Studenti Medi, Secondary School Student Union |
| UdU | Unione degli universitari, University Student Union |