Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (Quebec)

{{Short description|National trade union centre in Canada}}

{{Infobox union

|name = CSD

|location_country= Canada

|image = File:CSD-logo-116x139.png

|affiliation = ITUC

|members = 73200

|full_name = Congress of Democratic Trade Unions

|native_name = Centrale des syndicats démocratiques

|founded = 1972

|dissolved =

|merged =

|headquarters = Montreal, Quebec

|key_people = Luc Vachon, president

|website = [http://www.csd.qc.ca www.csd.qc.ca]

|footnotes =

}}

The Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (French: Centrale des syndicats démocratiques, CSD) is a national trade union centre in Quebec formed on 8 June 1972 in response to a split within the Confederation of National Trade Unions Confédération des syndicats nationaux, CSN).

It is the smallest of the four labour centres in Quebec, with about 4% (62,770 members) of the union membership in the province.{{cite web|url=http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/lp/wid/um/um_2007.shtml |title=Union Membership in Canada — 2007 |date=2008-06-11 |publisher=Government of Canada, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, National Headquarters, Labour Program, Workplace Information Directorate (WID) |accessdate=January 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610062528/http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/lp/wid/um/um_2007.shtml |archivedate=June 10, 2011 }}

The split was led by dissident members of the CSN executive Paul-Émilien Dalpé, Jacques Dion and Amédée Daigle, referred to as the "Three Ds", who said they wanted a more democratic union body and one which would be politically neutral, as distinct from the political militancy of the CSN.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Oq4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=oOwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2270,2727022&dq=paul-%C3%A9mile-dalp%C3%A9&hl=en|title=All Ds Battle Politics|last=Bull|first= Rob|date=June 8, 1972 |work=The Ottawa Citizen|page=41|accessdate=January 31, 2010}}{{cite news|url=http://www.csd.qc.ca/extranet/pdf/Historique2.pdf |title=Le dernier des trois " D " s'est éteint |date=June 2001 |work=Le Fureteur CSD |publisher=Centrale des syndicats démocratiques |pages=4–5 |language=French |accessdate=January 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706200505/http://www.csd.qc.ca/extranet/pdf/Historique2.pdf |archivedate=July 6, 2011 }} Paul-Émile Dalpé was the first president of the CSD, Dion was treasurer and Daigle was director of services. Jean-Paul Hétu was vice-president and Réal Labelle was secretary.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=8pguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r6EFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3227,2839013&dq=jean-paul-h%C3%A9tu&hl=en| title= Breakaway Union Sticks With Leaders|date=June 11, 1973 |work=The Gazette |page=2|accessdate=January 31, 2010|location=Montreal}}

Dalpé was succeeded as president by Jean-Paul Hétu{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=I0olAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qqUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1852,1496016&dq=jean-paul-h%C3%A9tu&hl=en|title=Labor groups vow to team up against bill|work=The Gazette|date=January 25, 1985|page=A-4 |accessdate=January 31, 2010|location=Montreal}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=h6IkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1qUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2114,4532041&dq=jean-paul-h%C3%A9tu&hl=en|title=Textile union calls for probe into mill closings|date=August 29, 1985|work=The Gazette|page=A-6|accessdate=January 31, 2010|location=Montreal}} who held office until 1989, when Claude Gingras became president.