The Italian Federation of Textile and Garment Workers ( it, Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Tessili ed Abbigliamento, FILTEA) was 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 textile and clothing industries in Italy. The union was founded in March 1966, when the

Italian Federation of Textile Workers The Italian Federation of Textile Workers ( it, Federazione Italiana Operai Tessili, FIOT) was a trade union representing workers in textile manufacturing and processing in Italy. The union was founded on 28 April 1901, when a wide variety of lo ...

merged with the

Italian Federation of Garment Workers The Italian Federation of Garment Workers ( it, Federazione Italiana Lavoratori dell'Abbigliamento, FILA) was a trade union representing workers involved in making clothing and footwear in Italy. Until the 1920s, garment workers were organised in ...

and the Italian Federation of Hat and Allied Workers. Like its predecessors, it affiliated to the Italian General Confederation of Labour. The new union was immediately involved in disputes over pay and conditions, and then the

Hot Autumn The Hot Autumn ( it, Autunno caldo) of 1969–70 is a term used for a series of large Strike action, strikes in the factories and industrial centers of Northern Italy, in which workers demanded better pay and better conditions. During 1969 and 197 ...

of 1968. The following decades saw a continuing decline in employment in the industries, and by 1998, the union had 138,289 members. In 2009, the union merged with the Italian Federation of Chemical, Energy and Manufacturing Workers, to form the Italian Federation of Chemical, Textile, Energy and Manufacturing Workers.

General Secretaries

:1966:

Lina Fibbi Giulietta Fibbi (4 August 1920 – 21 January 2018) was an Italian trade union leader, communist politician and anti-fascist activist. Born in Fiesole in Italy, Fibbi grew up in Lyon, where her socialist father fled to avoid persecution by th ...

:1969:

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 ...

:1975: Nella Marcellino and Ettore Masucci :1981: Nella Marcellino :1986: Aldo Amoretti :1991: Agostino Megale :2000: Valeria Fedeli

External links

*{{official website, http://www.filtea.cgil.it/

References

Textile and clothing trade unions Trade unions established in 1966 Trade unions disestablished in 2009 Trade unions in Italy

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