Italian General Confederation of Labour | |
Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro | |
Predecessor | General Confederation of Labour |
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Founded | 9 June 1944 |
Headquarters | Corso d'Italia 25 00198 Rome, Italy |
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Members | 5,149,885 (2023) |
Key people | Maurizio Landini (General Secretary) |
Affiliations | ITUC, ETUC, TUAC |
Website | cgil.it |
The Italian General Confederation of Labour (Italian: Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro, pronounced [koɱfederatˈtsjoːne dʒeneˈraːle itaˈljaːna del laˈvoːro]; CGIL [tʃiddʒiˈɛlle] [tʃidˌdʒi.iˈɛlle]) is a national trade union centre in Italy. It was formed by an agreement between socialists, communists, and Christian democrats in the "Pact of Rome" of June 1944.[1] In 1950, socialists and Christian democrats split forming UIL and CISL, and since then the CGIL has been influenced by the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and until recent years by its political heirs: the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS), the Democrats of the Left (DS) and currently the Democratic Party (PD).[2]
It has been the most important Italian trade union since its creation. It has a membership of over 5.5 million.[3] 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.[4]