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CFDT
The French Democratic Confederation of Labour (french: link=no, Confédération française démocratique du travail, CFDT) is a national trade union center, one of the five major French confederations of trade unions, led since 2012 by Laurent Berger. It is the largest French trade union confederation by number of members (875,000) but comes only second after the Confédération générale du travail (CGT) in voting results for representative bodies. History The CFDT was created in 1964 when a majority of the members of the Christian trade union Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (CFTC) decided they preferred to be part of a secular union. The minority kept the name CFTC. At first, under the leadership of ), the CFDT presented itself as a social-democratic confederation close to the Unified Socialist Party (''Parti socialiste unifié'' or PSU) which was led by Pierre Mendès-France. It sometimes acted in concert with the CGT, which was dominated by the Comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Berger
Laurent Berger (born 27 October 1968 in Guérande, Loire-Atlantique) is a French trade unionist. He has been the general secretary of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT) since 28 November 2012. Life Youth Laurent Berger is the son of a worker of the Chantiers de l'Atlantique and of a child care assistant. During his studies, he was a supervisor in a high school. He joined the French Democratic Confederation of Labour at that time. After he earned a master's degree in history from Nantes University, he became a permanent staff member of the Young Christian Workers (YCW) in 1991. He was the general secretary of the YCW from 1992 to 1994. He was subsequently unemployed for six months and was intermittently a substitute teacher of history and geography. He was employed by a social insertion association in Saint-Nazaire to help long-term unemployed adults and RMI beneficiaries to find jobs. There, he created a CFDT section and became the staff representative of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Chérèque
François Chérèque (1 June 1956 – 2 January 2017) was a French Trade unionist, and leader of the French trade union CFDT ( French Democratic Confederation of Labour or ''Confédération française démocratique du travail''). Early life François Chérèque was born in Nancy department of Lorraine (region). His father, Jacques Chérèque, served as the vice-president of the CFDT. His brother, Marc Chérèque, went on to serve as the President, since 2005, of FC Grenoble. Another brother was vice-president from 2009 to 2011 of Amadeus IT Group. Chérèque went to the Lycée Notre-Dame Saint-Sigisbert, leaving in 1975. Career Chérèque worked for a hospital in Puteaux in Paris, then worked at a hospital in Digne-les-Bains, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of south-east France. Chérèque was the leader (''secrétaire général'') of the CFDT from 2002 until 28 November 2012. He succeeded Nicole Notat Nicole Notat, born 26 July 1947 in Châtrices, Marne, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation Of Services (France)
The Federation of Services (french: Fédération des Services) is a trade union representing workers in a variety of industries in France, particularly office workers. The union was founded in 1913, as the French Federation of Catholic Employees' Unions, under the presidency of Jules Zirnheld. In 1919, it became a founding affiliate of the French Confederation of Christian Workers (CFTC). It was banned during World War II, but was re-established after the war. In 1964, like the majority of the CFTC, it transferred to the new French Democratic Confederation of Labour, although a large minority around Jacques Tessier chose to remain with the CFTC. In 1965, the union changed its name to the Federation of Services, Commerce and Credit, to better reflect the industries it covered. In 1971, it was joined by the Federation of Books, Paper and Cardboard, and became the Federation of General Services and Books. The printing industry section left again in 1983, and the union becam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CFDT Finance Federation
The CFDT Finance Federation (french: Fédération des finances CFDT, CFDT Finances) is a French trade union representing civil servants working in ministries related to finance, and in organisations under the ministries' control. The federation originated as part of the French Confederation of Christian Workers (CFTC). In 1964, along with the majority of the CFTC, it transferred to the new French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT). By 1995, the union claimed 11,300 members. General Secretaries :1952: René Routhier :1970: Louis Thémelin :1976: :1990s: Philippe Le Clezio :2000s: Damien Leroux :2010s: Denis Grégoire External links *{{official website, https://finances.cfdt.fr/ References Civil service trade unions Trade unions in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques
The Solidaires or Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques (SUD) is a French group of trade unions. Political position They tend to favor progressive or even radical views and work with the alter-globalization or anti-globalization movement. The Group of 10 and the SUD Unions are part of the European Social Forum and the World Social Forum. Most of the SUD trade-union practice a syndicalism of struggle (''syndicalisme de lutte''), like factions of the CGT, FO and the CNT. That places it in opposition to the reformist or negotiation unions: the CFDT, Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (CFTC), CFE-CGC and Union nationale des syndicats autonomes (UNSA). Many members of SUD are also members of the New Anticapitalist Party, but there are also communist, socialist, ecologist, and anarchist sympathizers within the union. History The Group of 10 was created in 1981 by autonomous unions, such as the SNUI, or the SNJ, organizing journalists. Most of these w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation Of Health And Social Services
The Federation of Health and Social Services (french: Fédération des services de santé et services sociaux, Santé Sociaux) is a trade union representing The union was founded in 1935, as the Federation of Professional Syndicates of Hospital and Social Services, and affiliated to the French Confederation of Christian Workers (CFTC). The union was banned during World War II, but was reconstituted after the war. In 1964, the union, like the majority of the CFTC, it transferred to the new French Democratic Confederation of Labour. By 1995, the union claimed 60,000 members, and was the largest affiliate of the CFDT. Its leader from 1996 until 2001 was François Chérèque, who went on to become the general secretary of the CFDT. By 2017, the union's membership had grown to 93,570. General Secretaries :1964: Poinseau :1967: Marie-Jeanne Lafont :1973: Daniel Desmé :1977: :1996: François Chérèque François Chérèque (1 June 1956 – 2 January 2017) was a French Trade unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ETUC
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) is the major trade union organisation representing workers at the European level. In its role as a European social partner, the ETUC works both in a consulting role with the European Commission and negotiates agreements and work programmes with European employers. It coordinates the national and sectoral policies of its affiliates on social and economic matters, particularly in the framework of the EU institutional processes, including European economic governance and the EU Semester. History The ETUC was established in 1973, to coordinate and represent workers and their trade unions at the European level, and has grown as more countries have joined the EU. Representativeness and constitution At present, the ETUC represents almost 45 million workers across Europe, belonging to 89 national trade union confederations from 39 European countries, and 10 European Industry Federations. It includes both a Women's Committee and a Youth Com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confédération Générale Du Travail
The General Confederation of Labour (french: Confédération Générale du Travail, CGT) is a national trade union center, founded in 1895 in the city of Limoges. It is the first of the five major French confederations of trade unions. It is the largest in terms of votes (32.1% at the 2002 professional election, 34.0% in the 2008 election), and second largest in terms of membership numbers. Its membership decreased to 650,000 members in 1995–96 (it had more than doubled when François Mitterrand was elected president in 1981), before increasing today to between 700,000 and 720,000 members, slightly fewer than the Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT). According to the historian M. Dreyfus, the direction of the CGT is slowly evolving, since the 1990s, during which it cut all organic links with the French Communist Party (PCF), in favour of a more moderate stance. The CGT is concentrating its attention, in particular since the 1995 general strikes, to tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation Of State Establishments And Arsenals
The Federation of State Establishments and Arsenals (french: Federation des etablissements et arsenaux de l'etat, FEAE) is a trade union representing workers in the defence sector in France. The union was founded in 1962, when the French Confederation of Christian Workers (CFTC) merged its Air-War Federation and its Marine Federation, forming the Air-War-Marine Federation. Marcel Gonin became its first general secretary, and campaigned strongly for the CFTC to become secular. As a result, in 1964, when the majority of the CFTC formed the French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT), the union transferred to the new confederation. However, almost half the members of the airforce and military section chose to remain with the CFTC. Within the CFDT, the union was initially known as the Federation of Union of Civil Defence Personnel. In 1965, it was restructured and adopted its present name. By 1995, the union claimed 12,500 members. Presidents :1962: Marcel Gonin :1964: R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation Of Banks And Insurance
The Federation of Banks and Insurance (french: Fédération Banques et Assurances, FBA) is a trade union representing workers in the finance sector in France. The union originated in 1954, when the French Confederation of Christian Workers The French Confederation of Christian Workers (french: italic=no, Confédération française des travailleurs chrétiens; CFTC) is one of the five major French confederation of trade unions, belonging to the social Christian tradition. It was ... (CFTC) created the Federation of Unions of Banks, Financial Institutions and Savings Banks, its name gradually shortened to become the Federation of Banks. In 1964, like the majority of the CFTC, it transferred to the new French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT). By 1995, the union claimed 22,100 members. In 2004, a series of disagreements, particularly over pension reform, led many members to leave the union. No longer able to form a quorum for its operations, the union was placed u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federation Of General Unions Of National Education
The Federation of General Unions of National Education (french: Fédération des syndicats généraux de l'Éducation nationale, SGEN) is a trade union representing education workers in France. The union was founded in October 1937, by Guy Raynaud de Lage, François Henry and Paul Vignaux. Despite being a secular union, it decided to join the French Confederation of Christian Workers (CFTC), in preference to the secular but left-wing General Confederation of Labour (CGT). The union argued that the CFTC should also become a secular organisation, and this was achieved in 1964, when the majority of the federation became the French Democratic Confederation of Labour. By 1995, the union claimed 40,700 members, but by 2017, this had fallen to 24,952. General Secretaries :1937: Guy Raynaud de Lage :1944: Marcel Reinhard :1946: Guy Raynaud de Lage :1948: Paul Vignaux :1970: Charles Pietri :1972: François Garrigue :1977: Roger Lépiney :1980: Patrice Béghain :1983: Michel Vergnol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Agri-Food Federation
The General Agri-Food Federation (french: Fédération générale agroalimentaire, FGA) is a trade union representing workers in the agricultural and food processing sectors in France. The union was founded in 1980, when the General Federation of Agriculture merged with the General Federation of Food. Like its predecessors, the union affiliated to the French Democratic Confederation of Labour. By 1994, the union claimed 37,300 members, and by 2017, this was almost unchanged, at 37,428. External links *{{official website, https://fga.cfdt.fr/ References Agriculture and forestry trade unions Food processing trade unions Trade unions established in 1980 Trade unions in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
