Italian Federation of Sugar, Food Industry and Tobacco Workers explained

The Italian Federation of Sugar, Food Industry and Tobacco Workers (Italian: Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Zuccheriero Industria Alimentare e Tabacco, FILZIAT) was a trade union representing food processing workers in Italy.

The union was founded in 1960, when the Italian Federation of Food Industry Workers merged with the Italian Federation of Sugar and Alcohol Industry Employees, and the National Union of Tobacco.^[1] Like all its predecessors, it affiliated to the Italian General Confederation of Labour. By 1965, the union had about 85,000 members.^[2]

By 1987, the union had 91,148 members. In 1988, it union merged with the National Federation of Italian Agricultural Labourers and Employees, to form the Italian Federation of Agroindustrial Workers.^[3]

General Secretaries

1960: Vincenzo Ansanelli

1965: Claudio Truffi

1969: Andrea Gianfagna

1981: Andrea Amaro

References

1. Book: Gianfagna . Andrea . Gli uomini e le donne della Cgil . 2020 . CGIL . 22 July 2020 . 22 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200722190804/https://www.fondazionedivittorio.it/sites/default/files/content-attachment/Gli%20uomini%20e%20le%20donne%20della%20%20CGIL%20III-ed.pdf . dead .
2. Book: Directory of Labor Organizations, Europe . 1965 . United States Department of Labor . Washington DC.
3. Book: Ebbinghaus . Bernhard . Visser . Jelle . Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 . 2000 . Palgrave Macmillan . Basingstoke . 0333771125 . 402 - 404.