The Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (

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: ''Centrale des syndicats démocratiques'', CSD) is a national trade union centre in

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formed on 8 June 1972 in response to a split within the

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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. The split was led by dissident members of the CSN executive

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, Jacques Dion and

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, 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. 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. Dalpé was succeeded as president by Jean-Paul Hétu who held office until 1989, when Claude Gingras became president.

References

*CSN, CSQ; ''Histoire du mouvement ouvrier au Québec, 150 ans de lutte'', Montréal, 1984. *ROUILLARD, Jacques; ''Le syndicalisme québécois, deux siècles d'histoire'', Montréal: Boréal, 2004. Trade unions in Quebec Provincial federations of labour (Canada) Trade unions established in 1972 1972 establishments in Quebec {{Canada-trade-union-stub

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