Confederation of Christian Trade Unions

{{Infobox union

|name = Confederation of Christian Trade Unions
ACV-CSC

|location_country= Belgium

|affiliation = ITUC, ETUC, TUAC

|members = 1.6 million

|full_name = Confederation of Christian Trade Unions

|native_name = Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond
Confédération des syndicats chrétiens

|image = File:Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond (logo).png

|founded = 1904

|dissolved =

|merged =

|headquarters = Brussels, Belgium

|key_people = {{Interlanguage link multi|Marc Leemans|nl|3=Marc Leemans (Marc Leemans (vakbondsleider)}}, president
{{Ill|Marie-Hélène Ska|nl}}, secretary general

|website = [http://www.acv-csc.be www.acv-csc.be]

|footnotes =

}}

The Confederation of Christian Trade Unions ({{langx|nl|Algemeen Christelijk Vakverbond}}, or ACV; {{langx|fr|Confédération des syndicats chrétiens}}, CSC) is the largest of Belgium's three trade union federations.

History

The federation was founded in 1904, but can trace its origins to the "Anti-Socialist Cotton Workers' Union" founded in 1886. The organisation took its current name in 1923.

Today 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). The president is currently {{ill|Ann Vermorgen|nl}} and the secretary general is Marie-Hélène Ska.

Affiliates

The union's affiliates are:

class="wikitable sortable" ! Union !! Abbreviation !! Founded
Christian Education Federation	COC	1993
Christian Teachers' Association	COV	1893
Construction Industry and Energy	BIE	2010
Food and Services Union	Voeding en Diensten	1919
Metea	Metea	2009
Public Services	Openbare Diensten	1922
Puls	Puls	1934
Transcom	Transcom	2001
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=Former affiliates=

class="wikitable sortable" ! Union !! Abbreviation !! Founded !! Reason not affiliated !! Year{{cite book \|last1=Ebbinghaus \|first1=Bernhard \|last2=Visser \|first2=Jelle \|title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 \|date=2000 \|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan \|location=Basingstoke \|isbn=0333771125 \|pages=132–135}} !! Membership (1953){{cite book \|last1=Mitchell \|first1=James P. \|title=Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe \|date=1955 \|publisher=United States Department of Labor \|location=Washington DC\| pages=3.13–3.16}}
Christian Union of Belgian Metalworkers	CCMB	1912	Merged into Metea	2009	60,000
Christian Union of Belgian Textile and Clothing Workers	CCTKB	1903	Merged into Metea	2009	100,000
Christian Union of Building and Industry		1998	Merged into BIE	2010	N/A
Christian Union of Communication and Culture	CVCC	1919	Merged into Transcom	2001	26,800
Christian Union of Diamond Workers			Merged into VD	1983	6,000
Christian Union of Energy, Chemical and Leather Industries	CCECL	1912	Merged into CMECL	1988	8,000
Christian Union Federation of Teachers	COV	1990	Merged into COC	1993	26,125
Christian Union of Mining, Energy, Chemicals and Leather	CMECL	1988	Merged into BIE	2010	N/A
Christian Union of Printing and Paper Enterprises	CGP	1905	Merged into CCDI	1988	7,417
Christian Union of Staff in Free Secondary and Primary Education	CPVD	1949	Dissolved	1990
Christian Union of Staff in Technical Colleges	CCOD	1919	Dissolved	1990	2,650
Christian Union of Staff in Technical Colleges - Flemish	CCPTO	1990	Merged into COC	1993	N/A
Christian Union of Transport Workers	CCV	1906	Merged into VD	1983	23,100
Christian Union of Transport and Diamond Workers	VD	1983	Merged into Transcom	2001	N/A
Christian Union of Various Industries	CCDI	1988	Merged into Building and Industry	1998	N/A
Christian Union of Woodworkers and Building Workers	CHB	1921	Merged into Building and Industry	1998	108,000
Christian Workers' Union in Stone, Cement, Ceramics, and Glass Production	CSCCG	1910	Merged into CCDI	1988	1,200
National Union of Employees	CNE	1980			43,474
National Union of Flemish Employees	LBC	1980
Union of Free Miners	CMV	1906	Merged into CMECL	1988	11,545

Leadership

=Presidents=

:1912: Gustaaf Eylenbosch

:1914: Hendrik Heyman

:1919: René Debruyne

:1921: Evarist Van Quaquebeke

:1923: René Debruyne

:1932: Henri Pauwels

:1946: August Cool

:1968: Jef Houthuys

:1987: Willy Peirens

:1999: {{Ill|Luc Cortebeeck|nl}}

:2012: {{Ill|Marc Leemans|nl|Marc Leemans (syndicalist)}}

:2023: Ann Vermorgen

=General Secretaries=

:1912: Georges Rutten

:1919: Evarist Van Quaquebeke

:1921: Henri Pauwels

:1932: August Cool

:1946: Louis Dereau

:1973: Robert D'Hondt

:1991: Josly Piette

:2006: Claude Rolin

:2014: Marie-Hélène Ska

References

{{cite book

| year = 2005

| title = Trade Unions of the World

| editor = ICTUR

| editor-link = International Centre for Trade Union Rights

|display-editors=et al

| edition = 6th

| publisher = John Harper Publishing

| location = London, UK

| isbn = 0-9543811-5-7

}}

Sources

{{cite book |last1=Neuville |first1=Jean |title=La CSC en l'an 40. La déchirement et la difficile reconstruction de l'unité |date=1988 |publisher=Vie ouvrière |location=}}

External links

{{Official website|http://www.acv-csc.be}}
[http://www.odis.be/lnk/en/OR_2369 Confederation of Christian Trade Unions] in [https://www.odis.eu ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428134547/https://www.odis.eu/ |date=2016-04-28 }}
[http://www.odis.be/lnk/en/AE_47 Archives of Confederation of Christian Trade Unions] in [https://www.odis.eu ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428134547/https://www.odis.eu/ |date=2016-04-28 }}

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