USI–CIT

Unione Sindacale Italiana - Confederation International de los Trabajadores (USI - CIT; Italian Syndicalist Union or Italian Workers' Union) is an anarcho-syndicalist trade union. It was the Italian section of the International Workers' Association (IWA) until it left it in 2018 and established the International Workers' Confederation (CIT)

Unione Sindacale Italiana

Italian Workers Union
Founded	1953
Headquarters	Genova, Italy
Location	Italy
Affiliations	International Confederation of Labor
Website	https://www.usiait.it/

History

The original Unione Sindacale Italiana (USI) was banned by the Fascist regime in 1925 and was forced to continue its activities in exile. Following the fall of fascism in Italy and the liberation of Rome, it merged with the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) on 9 June 1944.

In 1950 the CGIL split: the communist faction retained the original name and structure, while the Catholic faction established the Italian Confederation of Trades Unions (CISL) and the social democratic one established the Italian Labour Union (UIL). In 1953, a few anarchists also split from the CGIL and re-established the USI, but the group remained marginal and was only present in some of Italy's regions until the 1970s.

During the protests of 1968, USI regained strength, thanks to the growth of left-wing movements outside of the Italian Communist Party (PCI); in 1983 it was finally able to celebrate its second National Congress. The group also became affiliated with the International Workers' Association – Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores (IWA–AIT), changing its name into "USI - AIT".

The group is currently present in various, but not all, Italian regions and remains faithful to the ideals of syndicalism and anarcho-syndicalism. Its affiliation to IWA–AIT was terminated in 2018, after which it established the Confederacion Internacional de los Trabajadores (CIT) and rebranded into "USI - CIT".