General Union (Belgium)

The General Union (Dutch: Algemene Centrale, AC; French: La Centrale Générale, CG) is a general union representing workers in Belgium.

It was originally known as the General Union of Building, Furnishing and Other Industries.

[1] In its early years, the union focused on campaigning for an eight-hour working day, and for wage increases.

During World War II, the union had little involvement with the Belgian Resistance, but few of its leaders actively collaborated.

In 1995, 20% of its members worked in construction, and 20% in transport, with a wide variety of sectors represented among the other 60%.