The Italian Federation of Metalworkers ( it, Federazione Impiegati Operai Metallurgici, FIOM) is a

trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits ( ...

representing workers in the metal and engineering industries in Italy. The union was founded at a conference in

Livorno Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 158,493 residents in December 2017. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronou ...

, on 16 June 1901. In 1906, it was a founding affiliate of the General Confederation of Labour. Membership grew steadily, and by 1916, it had reached 22,445. In 1919, the union signed an agreement limiting working hours to a maximum of 48 a week. It was banned by the fascist government in 1924. The union was re-established in 1944, and affiliated to the new

Italian General Confederation of Labour The Italian General Confederation of Labour (; CGIL) is a national trade union based in Italy. It was formed by agreement between socialists, communists, and Christian democrats in the "Pact of Rome" of June 1944. In 1950, socialists and Christi ...

. By 1946, it had 638,697 members. Although both the social democratic and Christian democratic groups soon split away, by 1949, the union still claimed 609,094 members. By 1998, membership had declined to 365,942.

General Secretaries

:1901: Ernesto Verzi :1907: Silla Coccia and Cleobulo Rossi :1908: Bruno Buozzi :1924: ''Union banned'' :1944: Giovanni Parodi :1945: Antonio Negro :1946: Giovanni Roveda :1955:

Agostino Novella Agostino Novella (28 September 1905 – 14 September 1974) was an Italian trade unionist and communist politician. Biography Born in Genoa, Novella worked in a shoe factory, then was apprenticed as a blacksmith in his father's workshop. H ...

:1957:

Luciano Lama Luciano Lama (14 October 1921 – 31 May 1996) was an Italian trade unionist and politician, General Secretary of Italian General Confederation of Labour from 1970 to 1986. Biography Role in the resistance Lama graduated in Political Science ...

:1961:

Bruno Trentin Bruno Trentin (9 December 1926 – 23 August 2007) was an Italian trade unionist and politician, General Secretary of Italian General Confederation of Labour from 1988 to 1994. Biography Trentin was born in Pavie, France, where his parents li ...

:1977: Pio Galli :1985:

Sergio Garavini Sergio Garavini (18 May 1926 – 7 September 2001) was an Italian politician, writer and trade unionist. Biography Garavini was born in Turin. At a very young age, he entered the Italian Communist Party (PCI) and the trade union Italian Gene ...

:1987: Angelo Airoldi :1991: Fausto Vigevani :1994: Claudio Sabattini :2002: Gianni Rinaldini :2010:

Maurizio Landini Maurizio Landini (born 7 August 1961) is an Italian trade unionist. Since January 2019, he is the General Secretary of CGIL. He was also former general secretary of FIOM from 2010 to 2017. Landini is considered a socialist and is famous for his ...

:2017: Francesca Re David

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* {{Authority control Metal trade unions Trade unions established in 1901 Trade unions in Italy