Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (Quebec)

The Congress of Democratic Trade Unions (French: Centrale des syndicats démocratiques, CSD) is a national trade union centre in Quebec formed on 8 June 1972 in response to a split within the Confederation of National Trade Unions Confédération des syndicats nationaux, CSN). It is the smallest of the four labour centres in Quebec, with about 4% (62,770 members) of the union membership in the province.^[1]

CSD

Congress of Democratic Trade Unions
Centrale des syndicats démocratiques
Founded	1972
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec
Location	Canada
Members	73200[1]
Key people	Luc Vachon, president
Affiliations	ITUC
Website	www.csd.qc.ca

The split was led by dissident members of the CSN executive Paul-Émilien Dalpé, Jacques Dion and Amédée Daigle, referred to as the "Three Ds", who said they wanted a more democratic union body and one which would be politically neutral, as distinct from the political militancy of the CSN.^[2][3] Paul-Émile Dalpé was the first president of the CSD, Dion was treasurer and Daigle was director of services. Jean-Paul Hétu was vice-president and Réal Labelle was secretary.^[3][4]

Dalpé was succeeded as president by Jean-Paul Hétu^[5][6] who held office until 1989, when Claude Gingras became president.

See also

• Organized labour portal

• Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ)
• Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)
• Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ)
• List of trade unions in Quebec
• List of trade unions in Canada