Founded 1945 Affiliation ITUC, ETUC, TUAC | Members 1.2 million | |
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Full name General Federation of Belgian Labour Native name Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond
Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique Key people Rudy De Leeuw (nl), president
Anne Demelenne, secretary general | ||
The General Federation of Belgian Labour (ABVV/FGTB) is a socialist national trade union federation in Belgium. It was founded in 1945. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation and has a membership of almost 1.2 million.
Walloon movement
Through the foundation of the Mouvement populaire wallon during the Great Strike that took place in the Winter 1960-1961, the Walloon working class now also demanded federalism as well as structural reforms. The leader of the Strike, André Renard was also a national leader of the General Federation of Belgian Labour. This whole process will be named Renardism.
References
General Federation of Belgian Labour Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA