Centrale des syndicats démocratiques

CSD
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Full name	Congress of Democratic Trade Unions
Native name	Centrale des syndicats démocratiques
Founded	1972
Members	62,770^[1]
Country	Canada
Key people	François Vaudreuil, president
Office location	Montreal, Quebec
Website	www.csd.qc.ca

The Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (French: Centrale des syndicats démocratiques or CSD) is a national trade union centre in Quebec formed on 8 June 1972 in response to a split within the Confederation of National Trade Unions Confédération des syndicats nationaux, CSN). It is the smallest of the four labour centres in Quebec, with about 4% (62,770 members) of the union membership in the province.^[1]

The split was led by dissident members of the CSN executive Paul-Émile Dalpé, Jacques Dion and Amédée Daigle, referred to as the "Three Ds", who said they wanted a more democratic union body and one which would be politically neutral, as distinct from the political militancy of the CSN.^[2]^[3] Paul-Émile Dalpé was the first president of the CSD, Dion was treasurer and Daigle was director of services. Jean-Paul Hétu was vice-president and Réal Labelle was secretary.^[3]^[4]

Dalpé was succeeded as president by Jean-Paul Hétu^[5]^[6] who held office until 1989, when Claude Gingras became president.

References

CSN, CSQ; Histoire du mouvement ouvrier au Québec, 150 ans de lutte, Montréal, 1984. ISBN 2-89061-006-3
ROUILLARD, Jacques; Le syndicalisme québécois, deux siècles d'histoire, Montréal: Boréal, 2004. ISBN 2-7646-0307-X

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the français World Heritage Encyclopedia.

External links

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Provincial Federations	Alberta British Columbia Quebec Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest/Nunavut Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Saskatchewan Yukon

National Affiliates	ACTRA BCTF CAUT CFNU COPE CPAA CUPE CUPW ETFO NUPGE OECTA OSSTF PSAC TWU Unifor (CAW CEP)

International Affiliates	AFM ALPA ATU AWIU BAC BCTGM Boilermakers CWA-CMG GMP IAFF IAM IATSE IBEW IBT IFPTE ILA ILWU IPP IUOE IUPAT OPCMIA SEIU SIU SMWIA UA UAW UBCJA UFCW UMW UNITE HERE USW UTU

Presidents	Claude Jodoin (1956–1966) Donald MacDonald (1967–1974) Joe Morris (1974–1978) Dennis McDermott (1978–1986) Shirley Carr (1986–1992) Bob White (1992–1999) Ken Georgetti (1999–present)

See Also	Canadian Congress of Labour One Big Union Trades and Labour Congress Workers' Unity League ILCA

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