# Italian Union of Postal Workers

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Trade union of Italy

The **Italian Union of Postal Workers** ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Unione Italiana Lavoratori poste*, UIL POSTE) is a [trade union](/source/Trade_union) representing workers at [Poste italiane](/source/Poste_italiane).

The union was founded on 21 March 1950, as the **Italian Union of Post and Telecommunication Workers**. It affiliated to the recently founded [Italian Labour Union](/source/Italian_Labour_Union).[1] By 1965, it had only 9,900 members,[2] but by 2013 this had grown to 29,540.[3]

## External links

- [Official website](https://www.uilposte.it/)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-history_1-0)** ["Chi siamo"](https://www.uilposte.it/chi-siamo/). *UILPOSTE*. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *Directory of Labor Organizations: Europe*. Vol. 2. Washington DC: United States Department of Labor. 1965. p. 17.13–17.28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ebbinghaus_3-0)** Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). *Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945*. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 408–409. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0333771125](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0333771125).

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