The National Federation of Italian Agricultural Labourers and Employees (, Federbraccianti) was a
trade union
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representing agricultural workers in Italy.
The union was founded in 1948, as a split from the
National Federation of Agricultural Workers. It affiliated to the
Italian General Confederation of Labour
The Italian General Confederation of Labour (, , CGIL ) is a national trade union centre in Italy. It was formed by an agreement between socialists, communists, and Christian democrats in the "Pact of Rome" of June 1944. In 1950, socialists and ...
, and internationally, to the
, in which it provided much of the leadership. By 1954, it claimed 1,084,116 members.
The union campaigned with other organisations for improved pay and working conditions, and in the 1970s it achieved equalisation of welfare and social security with industrial workers, and for workers not to be laid off without just cause.
Employment in the sector gradually declined, and by 1987, it had only 348,621 members. In 1988, it merged with the
Italian Federation of Sugar, Food Industry and Tobacco Workers, to form the
Italian Federation of Agroindustrial Workers.
General Secretaries
:1948: Luciano Romagnoli
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:1960: Giuseppe Caleffi
:1973: Feliciano Rossitto
:1977: Donatella Turtura
:1980: Andrea Gianfagna
:1986: Angelo Lana
References
Agriculture and forestry trade unions
Trade unions established in 1948
Trade unions disestablished in 1988
Trade unions in Italy