Bruno Trentin

Bruno Trentin
General Secretary of CGIL
In office 29 November 1988 – 29 June 1994
Preceded by	Antonio Pizzinato
Succeeded by	Sergio Cofferati
Member of the European Parliament
In office 13 June 1999 – 13 June 2004
Constituency	North-West Italy
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
In office 16 May 1963 – 4 June 1968
Constituency	Lecce
Personal details
Born	(1926-12-09)9 December 1926 Pavie, France
Died	23 August 2007(2007-08-23) (aged 80) Rome, Italy
Political party	PCI (before 1991) PDS (1991–1998) DS (1998–2007)
Alma mater	University of Padua
Profession	Trade unionist, politician

Bruno Trentin (9 December 1926 – 23 August 2007) was an Italian trade unionist and politician, General Secretary of Italian General Confederation of Labour from 1988 to 1994.

Biography

Trentin was born in Pavie, France, where his parents lived after escaping from the Fascist regime. After the Armistice of Cassibile, the Trentin family came back to Italy and joined the Italian resistance movement: at the age of 17, Trentin became the leader of the "Justice and Freedom" Brigade.^[1]

In 1949, Trentin graduated in Law at the University of Padua, adhering to the Proudhonian thoughts, and joined both the Italian General Confederation of Labour and the Italian Communist Party, with which he was elected to the city council of Rome and to the Chamber of Deputies.^[2]

In 1988, Trentin became Secretary-general of the CGIL:^[3] in 1992, together with the leaders of the Italian Confederation of Workers' Trade Unions and the Italian Labour Union, Trentin signed a deal that put an end to the sliding wage scale system.^[4]

From 1999 to 2004, Trentin has been a member of the European Parliament, elected with the Democrats of the Left.^[5]

Trentin died in Rome on 23 August 2007, at the age of 80, of pneumonia.^[6] He is now buried in the Verano Cemetery.^[7]

References

1. "Donne e Uomini della Resistenza: Bruno Trentin". ANPI.it. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
2. "La vita di Bruno Trentin, Segretario generale CGIL 1988–1994". FLCGIL.it. 24 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
3. "È morto Bruno Trentin, uno dei padri del sindacato". La Repubblica. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
4. "Scala mobile, Trentin è solo". La Repubblica. 13 February 1992. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
5. "Note alla fine del secolo". Il manifesto. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
6. "Sindacato, addio a Bruno Trentin". La Stampa. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
7. "Dieci anni senza Bruno". Rassegna.it. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2018.

External links

• Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): IV legislature

Trade union offices
Preceded by Luciano Lama	General Secretary of the Italian Federation of Metalworkers 1961–1977	Succeeded by Pio Galli