Unione Sindacale Italiana

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Unione Sindacale Italiana
Italian Workers Union

Unione Sindacale Italiana (USI; Italian Syndicalist Union or Italian Workers' Union) was an Italian anarcho-syndicalist trade union. It was the Italian section of the International Workers' Association (IWA; Associazione Internazionale dei Lavoratori in Italian or AIT - ''Asociación Internacional de los Trabajadores in the common Spanish reference), and the name of USI was also abbreviated as USI-AIT.

Early history

The USI was founded in 1912, after a group of workers, previously affiliated with the

Confederazione Generale del Lavoro (CGL), met in Modena and declared themselves linked to the legacy of the First International, and later joined the anarcho-syndicalist International Workers' Association
.

The most

Unione Italiana del Lavoro (UIL) in 1918, a national-syndicalist alternative to the USI.[1]

The Fascist regime and afterwards

When the war ended, USI peaked in numbers (it was during this time that it joined the IWA, becoming known as the USI-AIT). It became a major opponent of

Fascist regime, fighting street battles with the Blackshirts - culminating in the August 1922 riots of Parma, when the USI-AIT faced Italo Balbo and his Arditi
.

USI-AIT was outlawed by Mussolini on 7 January, but resumed its activities in clandestinity and exile. It fought against

Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro
(CGIL).

When CGIL split in 1950, several activists refounded USI-AIT.

See also

References

  1. ^ Craveri, Piero (1991). "DI VITTORIO, Giuseppe". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. 40.
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