Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro
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| Full name | Italian General Confederation of Labour |
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| 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.
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