Talk:General Labour Union (Italy)

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POV issue
It looks strange to me that a trade union so described:

It never took advantage of workers' co-determination rights, instead it often organized scabs during strikes and spied on the other unions for the employers.

would have been the third most popular trade union in Italy (see Italian article about this). Given the paragraph is unreferenced, are we sure there isn't a POV issue here? --Cyclopia 19:19, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * All the information in that paragraph is taken from the book by Gerhard Feldbauer listed in the references section. Inline citations just don't make much sense in articles as short as this one. The union's popularity is mostly a result of its close relations to the fascist movement in Italy.--Carabinieri 20:26, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * And is the Feldbauer book a NPOV one? I don't know -I didn't read it. Are there, for example, documents backing Feldbauer assertions? If so, wouldn't it be better to cite them than the book? I don't want to defend the UGL or the Italian neofascist movements, I just want ground for such assertions that, as they are written here, sound quite libelous. --Cyclopia 14:24, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Spelling errors and adding to policies, values and objectives with UGL website as reference
I plan on fixing the spelling and grammar mistakes that were made throughout the article. There are many errors dispersed throughout this article which is why it needs to be rewritten to comply with standards. Also, I will be adding more substance to the article's information using the official website of the UGL.

WillEverett08 (talk) 23:25, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Edited article
Unione Generale del Lavoro (Acronym UGL) is an Italian Trade Union Confederation established in 1950, with the original denomination Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Nazionali Lavoratori (CISNAL). In 1996, CISNAL assumed its current name of Unione Generale del Lavoro, a symbolic change to respond to the new challenges of third-millennium society and the reforms of work legislation, without forgetting the founders’ values.

The UGL, which has about 2 million members, has a close collaboration with the Lega di Matteo Salvini.

Currently, the Deputy Minister of Labor of the Lega - 5 Stelle government is Claudio Durigon, former Deputy Secretary-General of UGL.

At the enterprise level, UGL develops the Trade Union action to defend employees’ rights. In the framework of Italian industrial relations, it concurs to the realization of collective labor agreements.

UGL representatives seek to influence social legislation and policies, in the consultation process with the Public Authorities and the other Social Partners.

UGL has its delegates as members of Italian and European institutions that gather civil society as CNEL and EESC.

UGL, considering fundamental the centrality and the dignity of the human being, identifies in the Trade Union action a pillar for the improvement of social justice. UGL aims to sustainable economic development in modern society, in a vision that considers the ultimate objective of the overall national interest. UGL has a vision known at the international level as the so-called “conservative socialism” or “third position” (in Italian known as “social right-wing”), which aims to a synthesis between right-wing cultural views and left-wing economic views. To achieve this aim UGL proposes: • To overcome the ideological concept of social class and the consequent class conflict • To promote employees participation in the companies • To fight all the discriminations in the workplaces • To support the unity in the world of work

UGL considers that the achievement of an efficient social dialogue at Italian, European and World-wide levels, could represent a great resource to guarantee the workers’ rights, besides being an indispensable instrument able to contrast the worst consequences of globalization.

Thus, UGL is completely involved in the main challenge of our times: to realize a new social dimension of globalization, which should lead to a growth of the life quality in the poorest countries without put at risk all that has been conquered in the western ones.

All this will be achieved if all the workers – both from emergent Countries and from industrialized ones – will have full consciousness of their rights, and if they will be able to undertake all the necessary actions to realize an efficient and fair social dialogue for fighting against exploitation, poverty, and social exclusion.

UGL is articulated in two different kinds of structures:

− Territorial Structures at a regional and provincial level, with 20 Regional Offices (URL), correspondent to the twenty Italian Regions, and Provincial Offices (UTL) for every Italian province

− Professional Federations for each working sector Moreover it provides the following services: social assistance, fiscal assistance, professional training, agrarian training, housing assistance, promotion of culture and tourism, international cooperation.

The communication activities of UGL are realized by the publication of texts and documents, the Confederation’s newspaper “La Meta Sociale” (The social goal) with a daily edition “La Meta serale” and through the web-site, which shows all the activities and is updated by the Confederal press office.

WillEverett08 (talk) 23:30, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Final posted article
The Origins The General Labour Union (Italian: Unione Generale del Lavoro) is an Italian Trade Union Confederation established in 1950, with the original denomination Confederazione Italiana Sindacati Nazionali Lavoratori (CISNAL). In 1996, CISNAL assumed its current name of General Labour Union (Italian: Unione Generale del Lavoro), a symbolic change to respond to the new challenges of third-millennium society and the reforms of work legislation, without forgetting the founders’ values[1].

The UGL, which has about 2 million members, has a close collaboration with the Lega di Matteo Salvini.

Currently, the Deputy Minister of Labor of the Lega - 5 Stelle government is Claudio Durigon, former Deputy Secretary-General of UGL.

At the enterprise level, UGL develops the Trade Union action to defend employees’ rights. In the framework of Italian industrial relations, it concurs to the realization of collective labor agreements.

UGL representatives seek to influence social legislation and policies, in the consultation process with the Public Authorities and the other Social Partners.

UGL has its delegates as members of Italian and European institutions that gather civil society as CNEL and EESC.

Values and aims UGL, considering fundamental the centrality and the dignity of the human being, identifies in the Trade Union action a pillar for the improvement of social justice. UGL aims to sustainable economic development in modern society, in a vision that considers the ultimate objective of the overall national interest. UGL has a vision known at the international level as the so-called “conservative socialism” or “third position” (in Italian known as “social right-wing”), which aims to a synthesis between right-wing cultural views and left-wing economic views. To achieve this aim UGL proposes: • To overcome the ideological concept of social class and the consequent class conflict • To promote employees participation in the companies • To fight all the discriminations in the workplaces • To support the unity in the world of work[2]

WillEverett08 (talk) 23:50, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

UGL considers that the achievement of an efficient social dialogue at Italian, European and World-wide levels, could represent a great resource to guarantee the workers’ rights, besides being an indispensable instrument able to contrast the worst consequences of globalization.[3]

Structures UGL is articulated in two different kinds of structures:

− Territorial Structures at a regional and provincial level, with 20 Regional Offices (URL), correspondent to the twenty Italian Regions, and Provincial Offices (UTL) for every Italian province

− Professional Federations for each working sector. Moreover, it provides the following services: social assistance, fiscal assistance, professional training, agrarian training, housing assistance, promotion of culture and tourism, international cooperation.

The communication activities of UGL are realized by the publication of texts and documents, the Confederation’s newspaper The Social Goal (Italian:“La Meta Sociale”) with a daily edition.

Related items Confederazione Italiana dei Lavoratori Movimento operaio CGIL UIL UGL Cobas [it] CUB USB Unione Sindacale Italiana UILCEM Unione italiana lavoratori del tessile, energia e chimica References ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7. External links Official site in Italian icon	Organized labour portal "Trade Unions / Italy / Countries / National Industrial Relations / Home - WORKER PARTICIPATION.eu". www.worker-participation.eu. Retrieved 2020-02-24. "UGL | General labour union". Retrieved 2020-02-24. "UGL | General labour union". Retrieved 2020-02-24.