Full name | Confederation of Christian Trade Unions |
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Native name | Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond Confédération des Syndicats Chrétiens |
Founded | 1904 |
Members | 1.6 million |
Affiliation | ITUC, ETUC, TUAC |
Key people |
Marc Leemans , president Marie-Hélène Ska, secretary general |
Office location | Brussels, Belgium |
Country | Belgium |
Website | www.acv-csc.be |
The Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (Dutch: Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond, ACV; French: Confédération des syndicats chrétiens, CSC) is a national trade union federation in Belgium. It was founded in 1904, and after several changes took its current name in 1923. The ACV/CSC has 22 regional federation and 16 sectoral unions, with a membership of 1.7 million (almost 16% of the total Belgian population). It evolved out of the "Anti-Socialist Cotton Workers' Union", which was founded in 1886.
The president is currently Marc Leemans and the secretary general is Marie-Helene Ska.