General Labour Federation of Belgium
FGTB (French) or ABVV (Dutch)
General Labour Federation of Belgium
Fédération générale du travail de Belgique Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond
Predecessor
Belgian Trade Union Federation
Founded
29 April 1945
Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
Location
Belgium
Members
1.5 million[1]
Key people
Thierry Bodson, chairperson Miranda Ulens, secretary general
Affiliations
ITUC, ETUC, TUAC
Website
www.abvv.be
The General Labour Federation of Belgium (French: Fédération générale du travail de Belgique, or FGTB; Dutch: Algemeen Belgisch Vakverbond, ABVV) is a socialist national trade union federation in Belgium. It was founded in 1945. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation and has a membership of 1.5 million. With said membership the ABVV/FGTB is the second largest of the three major trade unions in Belgium, closely following the Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (ACV/CSC) which has 1.6 million members and dwarfing the General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium (ACLVB/CGSLB) which has approximately 300,000 members.[1] During the bulk of its history the ABVV/FGTB remained closely affiliated with the Belgian Socialist Party which was split in 1978 into a Flemish and a Walloon social-democratic party. While remaining formally independent from any political party, the ABVV/FGTB noticed the increasing influence by the marxist Workers' Party of Belgium amongst its active base during the last decade.[2]
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