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General Labour Union | |
Unione Generale del Lavoro | |
Founded | 1950 |
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Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
Location | |
Members | 1.956.000 |
Key people | Francesco Paolo Capone, general secretary; |
Website | www.ugl.it |
The General Labour Union (Italian: Unione Generale del Lavoro) is an Italian Trade Union Confederation established in 1950, with the original denomination Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Nazionali Lavoratori (CISNAL). In 1996, CISNAL assumed its current name of General Labour Union (Italian: Unione Generale del Lavoro), a symbolic change to respond to the new challenges of third-millennium society and the reforms of work legislation, without forgetting the founders’ values.[1]
The UGL, which has about 2 million members, has a close collaboration with the League of Matteo Salvini. Currently, the Deputy Minister of Labor of the Lega - 5 Stelle government is Claudio Durigon, former Deputy Secretary-General of UGL. At the enterprise level, UGL develops the Trade Union action to defend employees’ rights. In the framework of Italian industrial relations, it concurs to the realization of collective labor agreements.
UGL representatives seek to influence social legislation and policies, in the consultation process with the Public Authorities and the other Social Partners. UGL has its delegates as members of Italian and European institutions that gather civil society as CNEL and EESC. On September 15, 2020, UGL and Assodelivery, the Italian association which groups the workers of Deliveroo, Glovo, Uber Eats, Just Eat e Social Food, have signed the first European collective agreement for the so-called riders belonging to the food/beverage economic sector.[2][3][4]