List of trade unions in Italy

The following three confederal trade unions are considered and recognised by the Italian Republic as relevant counterpart:

• Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL)
• Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions (CISL)
• Italian Labour Union (UIL)

A list of other minor sectorial or independent trade union centers includes (alphabetical order):

• Confederazione del Comitati di Base (COBAS)
• CONFSAL
• General Labour Union (UGL)
• Italian Confederation of Free Workers' Unions (CISAL)
• Unione Sindacale di Base (USB)[https://usb.it/ usb.it]
• Unione Sindacale Italiana (USI)

An incomplete list of sectorial trade unions includes (alphabetical order):

• DIRFOR
• Italian Footballers' Association
• UILCA

Italian unions are built around local chambers of labor (camera del lavoro). These chambers largely do not collectively bargain but serve as the clearinghouse for Italian worker assistance, as opposed to other countries, where workers might first appeal to a national union.{{cite book|last=Galenson|first=Walter|title=Trade Union Democracy in Western Europe|url=https://archive.org/details/tradeuniondemocr0000gale|url-access=registration|year=1961|publisher=University of California Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/tradeuniondemocr0000gale/page/9 9]–10|id=GGKEY:D892693P54L}} Workers organize around these chambers rather than at worksites. Italian unions are loose affiliations based on occupation.{{cite book|last=Carlile|first=Lonny E.|title=Divisions of Labor: Globality, Ideology, and War in the Shaping of the Japanese Labor Movement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSwjVSfg4XsC&pg=PA51|year=2005|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2456-3|page=51}}

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• {{in lang|it}} [http://www.cgil.it CGIL official website]
• {{in lang|it}} [http://www.cisl.it CISL official website]
• {{in lang|it}} [http://www.uil.it UIL official website]

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