Confederation of Christian Trade Unions  

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The Confederation of Christian Trade Unions (Template:Lang-nl, or ACV; Template:Lang-fr, CSC) is the largest of Belgium's three trade union federations. It was founded in 1904, but can trace its origins to the "Anti-Socialist Cotton Workers' Union" founded in 1886. The organisation took its current name in 1923.

Today the ACV/CSC has 22 regional federation and 16 sectoral unions, with a membership of 1.7 million (almost 16% of the total Belgian population). The president is currently Template:Ill and the secretary general is Marie-Hélène Ska.

Affiliates

The union's affiliates are:

  • Building, Industry and Energy
  • Christian Education Union
  • Christian Teachers' Association
  • Food and Services
  • Metea
  • Public Services
  • Puls
  • Transcom
  • Sporta-vsb

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