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The National Federation of Italian Agricultural Labourers and Employees ( it, Federazione Nazionale Braccianti e Salariati Agricoli, Federbraccianti) 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 agricultural workers in Italy. The union was founded in 1948, as a split from the National Federation of Agricultural Workers. It affiliated to the
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 ...
, and internationally, to the
Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers The Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers was a trade union international affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions. History The TUI was founded at a conference in Warsaw, People's Republic of Pola ...
, in which it provided much of the leadership. By 1954, it claimed 1,084,116 members. The union campaigned with other organisations for improved pay and working conditions, and in the 1970s it achieved equalisation of welfare and social security with industrial workers, and for workers not to be laid off without just cause. Employment in the sector gradually declined, and by 1987, it had only 348,621 members. In 1988, it merged with the Italian Federation of Sugar, Food Industry and Tobacco Workers, to form the Italian Federation of Agroindustrial Workers.


General Secretaries

:1948: Luciano Romagnoli{{cite book , last1=Gianfagna , first1=Andrea , title=Gli uomini e le donne della Cgil , date=2020 , publisher=CGIL , url=https://www.fondazionedivittorio.it/sites/default/files/content-attachment/Gli%20uomini%20e%20le%20donne%20della%20%20CGIL%20III-ed.pdf , accessdate=22 July 2020 :1960: Giuseppe Caleffi :1973: Feliciano Rossitto :1977: Donatella Turtura :1980: Andrea Gianfagna :1986: Angelo Lana


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Agriculture and forestry trade unions Trade unions established in 1948 Trade unions disestablished in 1988 Trade unions in Italy