Italian General Confederation of Labour

CGIL
Italian General Confederation of Labour
Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro
PredecessorGeneral Confederation of Labour
Founded9 June 1944
HeadquartersCorso d'Italia 25
00198 Rome, Italy
Location
Members
5,518,774 (2017)
Key people
Maurizio Landini
(General Secretary)
AffiliationsITUC, ETUC, TUAC
Websitecgil.it
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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] Along with the decline of membership within its political counterpart, the Democratic Party (PD), its membership is in steep decline since 2013, with the percentage of pensioners in constant rise. On 1 July 2015, the number of working adults reached a ceiling of 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.[4]

  1. ^ Nasce la CGIL – Rai Storia
  2. ^ Quando la CGIL era la cinghia di trasmissione del PCI, Panorama
  3. ^ "Sindacati: Cgil a Demoskopika, nel 2017 +1,04 iscritti rispetto 2016 e + 0,66 rispetto 2015". Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro – Internazionale". Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.