General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium

ACLVB/CGSLB
General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium
Algemene Centrale der Liberale Vakbonden van België ; Centrale générale des syndicats libéraux de Belgique
Founded	20th century
Headquarters	Ghent, Belgium
Location	Belgium;
Members	295,600 (2016)
Key people	Mario Coppens, president
Affiliations	TUAC, ETUC, ITUC
Website	www.aclvb.be and www.cgslb.be

The General Confederation of Liberal Trade Unions of Belgium (ACLVB or CGSLB) is the smallest of Belgium's three major trade union federations.

Unlike the other socialist and catholic federations, the ideology of the ACLVB-CGSLB is explicitly liberal. The federation traces its origins to 1891 and its membership numbered 295,600 in 2016.^[1]

Most trade unionists belong directly to the federation, but it has one affiliate, the Free Syndicate of the Public Services. This represents all public sector workers.^[2]

Presidents[edit]

1920–1942: Paul Lamborelle
1944–1959: Adolphe Van Glabbeke
1959–1989: Armand Colle
1989–1994: Willy Waldack
1994–2006: Guy Haaze
2006–2015: Jan Vercamst
2015–present: Mario Coppens

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "La structure et les chiffres clés de la CGSLB". CGSLB. 12 October 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 130, 135. ISBN 0333771125.