Unione Sindacale di Base

The Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) is an Italian trade union founded in Rome on May 23, 2010. Its ideology revolves around communism and euroscepticism. ^{[1] [2]}

History

The USB was born from the merger of Sindacato dei Lavoratori Intercategoriale  [ it ] ^[3] and Confederazione Unitaria di Base  [ it ]. ^[4] With approximately 250,000 members from the founding organizations, ^[4] it aims to spread across all sectors of the workforce and throughout the country with the goal of building a mass alternative to the confederal unions.

In February 2015, Pierpaolo Leonardi, of the USB National Executive, was appointed Secretary of the World Union of Public Employees, a member of the World Federation of Trade Unions. ^[5]

Organization

The USB has a confederal structure spread across the country, with presence in most regions and provinces. Its internal organization is based on two inter-industry macro-areas: the public and private sectors. At the international level, it is affiliated with the World Federation of Trade Unions.

The union also offers tax and welfare services, dispute resolution and legal services, and has various immigration offices.

National Congresses

• Founding Congress - Rome, May 21-23, 2010 - Connect your struggles!
• Ist National Congress - Montesilvano, June 7-9, 2013 - Turning the Table Over - For a Class-Based, Conflictual, Independent Union
• IInd National Congress - Tivoli, June 9-11, 2017 - Restoring Identity to the Labor Movement. Opposing Exploitation, Control, and Subordination
• IIIrd National Congress - Montesilvano, November 18-20, 2022 - The Strength of the Union ^[6]

Trade Federations

• USB Pubblico Impiego (PI): the union for workers working in public institutions.
• USB Lavoro Privato (LP): the union for workers working in private companies.
• USB Federazione del Sociale (FdS): the union for the right to housing, pensioners, self-employed, independent workers, casual workers, benefit workers, the unemployed, and students. ^[7]

Related Associations

AS.I.A. (Associazione Inquilini e Abitanti/ Tenants and Residents Association): association for the right to housing. ^{[8] [ better source needed ]}

References

1. Lorenzo Zamponi, "Challenging precarity, austerity, and delocalization: Italian labor struggles from Euro-criticism to Euro-disenchantment" (abstract), in European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, vol. 7, no. 3, p. 12, doi : 10.1080/23254823.2020.1804962 "The USB […] has a radical anti-EU stance, as evidenced by their official platform, that officially defines the EU as the 'European imperialist pole' and the European integration process as 'a new season of colonization.'"
2. "Unione Sindacale di Base. Il portale Nazionale.: "Rompere con l'UE": un grido nel cuore della bestia," [Unione Sindacale di Base. The National Portal: "Break with the EU": a cry from the heart of the beast,]. www.usb.it. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
3. "Sindacato nasce nuova confederazione Unione sindacale di base" [A new confederation of the Unione Sindacale di Base is born.]. www.adnkronos.com. Retrieved 18 September 2025.^{[ dead link ]}
4. "Nasce l'Unione Sindacale di Base" [Birth of the Unione Sindacale di Base]. Global Project (in Italian). Retrieved 14 September 2025.
5. Santopadre, Marco (15 February 2015). "Pierpaolo Leonardi (USB) eletto Segretario del Sindacato Mondiale dei Lavoratori Pubblici" [Pierpaolo Leonardi (USB) elected Secretary of the World Union of Public Employees]. Contropiano (in Italian). Retrieved 14 September 2025.
6. "USB a congresso per organizzare, rafforzare ed estendere il conflitto" [USB holds a congress to organize, strengthen and extend the conflict]. www.usb.it (in Italian). 28 October 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
7. "È nata la 'Usb - federazione del sociale - Calabria': a Lamezia il primo congresso" [The "Usb - federation of the social - Calabria" was born: in Lamezia the first congress]. il Lametino.it - il giornale di Lamezia Terme e del lametino (in Italian). 4 October 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
8. "asia.usb.it". Unione Sindacale di Base - Associazione Inquilini e Abitanti (in Italian). 30 July 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.