The Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (
French: ''Centrale des syndicats démocratiques'', CSD) is a national trade union centre in
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
formed on 8 June 1972 in response to a split within the
Confederation of National Trade Unions 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
Paul-Émilien Dalpé,
Jacques Dion and
Amédée Daigle, 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.
See also
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Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec
The Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ; Quebec Federation of Labour) is the largest labour federation in Quebec in terms of its membership. It has over 500,000 members, who account for 44% of the unionised workers in Q ...
(FTQ)
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Confédération des syndicats nationaux
The Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN; Confederation of National Trade Unions) is the second largest trade union federation in Quebec by membership.
History
It was founded in Hull in 1921 as the ''Confédération des travailleurs ca ...
(CSN)
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Centrale des syndicats du Québec
The Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ; Quebec Labour Congress) is the third biggest trade union in Quebec, Canada, by membership.
It was founded in 1946 when three earlier unions merged to form the ''Corporation générale des instituteurs e ...
(CSQ)
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List of trade unions in Quebec
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List of trade unions in Canada
This is a list of trade unions in Canada.
Canadian Labour Congress National Affiliates
*Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists
*British Columbia Teachers' Federation
*Canadian Association of University Teachers
* Canadian Offi ...
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
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