Sentence examples for confederation of Labour from inspiring English sources

The main trade unions are the General Confederation of Labour, Force Ouvrière (literally "workforce"), and French Democratic Confederation of Labour.

The Communist-led General Confederation of Labour (CGT) long held sway.

General Confederation of Labour, French Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT), French labour union federation.

This eventually became the dominant viewpoint, and in 1964 a special congress voted to secularize the federation and rename it the French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT).

Other major members are the German Trade Union Federation, the (French) General Confederation of Labour–Workers' Force, three Italian labour federations, and Poland's Solidarity union.

The Perón government finally seized control of La Prensa in 1951, and it became a propaganda organ of the Peronist Confederación General del Trabajo (General Confederation of Labour).

The CNT (a Spanish confederation of anarcho labour unions) had strategically placed part of its youth division in front of the main Zara store in the centre of the city (Zara is owned by Amancio Ortega, the fifth richest man in the world according to Forbes).

Recently, in response to lobbying by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Labour dropped plans to impose a training levy on business and to abandon Britain's veto over EU social chapter legislation.

Consequently, the Swiss Confederation benefited from the ample supply of labour available.

The rallies were backed by the opposition Socialist Party and the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), France's second largest trade union confederation.

Other important labour unions are the Confederation of Vocational Unions (Yrkesorganisasjonenes Sentralforbund; YS) and the Federation of Norwegian Professional Associations (Akademikerne).