General Labour Union (Italy)

At the enterprise level, UGL develops the Trade Union action to defend employees’ rights.

UGL has its delegates as members of Italian and European institutions that gather civil society as CNEL and EESC.

[7][8] UGL, considering fundamental the centrality and the dignity of the human being, identifies in the Trade Union action a pillar for the improvement of social justice.

UGL aims to sustainable economic development in modern society, in a vision that considers the ultimate objective of the overall national interest.

To achieve this aim UGL proposes: • To overcome the ideological concept of social class and the consequent class conflict • To promote employees participation in the companies • To fight all the discriminations in the workplaces • To support the unity in the world of work[9] UGL considers that the achievement of an efficient social dialogue at Italian, European and World-wide levels, could represent a great resource to guarantee the workers’ rights, besides being an indispensable instrument able to contrast the worst consequences of globalization.