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Confédération Générale Du Travail Unitaire
The Confédération générale du travail unitaire, or CGTU ( en, United General Confederation of Labor), was a trade union confederation in France that at first included anarcho-syndicalists and soon became aligned with the French Communist Party. It was founded in 1922 as a confederation of radical unions that had left the socialist-dominated General Confederation of Labour (CGT), and in 1936 merged back into the CGT. Foundation The CGTU emerged from a split in the General Confederation of Labour (CGT: ''Confédération générale du travail''), which had been torn by confrontations between socialist members of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO: ''Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière'') and the more radical anarcho-syndicalists and members of the French Communist Party (PCF: ''Parti communiste français''). The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it. Initially the syndicalists and anarchists outnumbered the communists. Joseph Tommasi, a mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concarneau
Concarneau (, meaning ''Bay of Cornouaille'') is a commune in the Finistère department of Brittany in north-western France. Concarneau is bordered to the west by the Baie de La Forêt. The town has two distinct areas: the modern town on the mainland and the medieval Ville Close, a walled town on a long island in the centre of the harbour. Historically, the old town was a centre of shipbuilding, and its ramparts date from the 14th century. The Ville Close is now devoted to tourism with many restaurants and shops aimed at tourists. However restraint has been shown in resisting the worst excesses of souvenir shops. Also in the Ville Close is the fishing museum. The Ville Close is connected to the town by a bridge and at the other end a ferry to the village of Lanriec on the other side of the harbour. Events In August the town holds the annual ''Fête des Filets Bleus'' (Festival of the blue nets). The festival, named after the traditional blue nets of Concarneau's fishing fleet, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Semard
Pierre Semard (15 February 1887, Bragny-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire – 7 March 1942, Évreux, Eure) was a trade unionist, secretary general of the federation of railway-workers and leader of the French Communist Party (acting as its secretary general from 1924 to 1928). He was shot in prison by the Nazi occupiers in 1942, and is buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. He was key figure in the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and a trade unionist in the Confédération générale du travail unitaire (CGTU) and Confédération générale du travail (CGT). Life Childhood and youth Born on February 15 1887 the year in Bragny-sur-Saône, department of Saône-et-Loire in the family of railway workers. He spent his childhood in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, department of Yonne. He followed in the footsteps of his parents, from the age of 13 he also started working on the railway. Unionist militant From 1906 he took an active part in the trade union movement along ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trade Unions Established In 1922
Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct exchange of goods and services for other goods and services, i.e. trading things without the use of money. Modern traders generally negotiate through a medium of exchange, such as money. As a result, buying can be separated from selling, or earning. The invention of money (and letter of credit, paper money, and non-physical money) greatly simplified and promoted trade. Trade between two traders is called bilateral trade, while trade involving more than two traders is called multilateral trade. In one modern view, trade exists due to specialization and the division of labour, a predominant form of economic activity in which individuals and groups concentrate on a small aspect of production, but use their output in trades for other products an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Trade Union Centers Of France
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Trade Unions In France
A list of trade unions in France: Unions *Five confederations recognized by the state as representative trade union: **''Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail'' (CFDT) **''Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens'' (CFTC) **''Confédération générale du travail'' (CGT) **'' Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres'' (CFE-CGC) **'' Confédération générale du travail - Force Ouvrière'' (FO) *Other large unions: ** ''Union nationale des syndicats autonomes'' (UNSA) ** '' Solidaire'' *Regional Unions: ** ''Confédération générale du travail - Martinique'' (CGTM) in Martinique ** ''Confédération générale du travail de Guadeloupe'' (CGTM) in Guadeloupe ** '' Corsican Workers' Trade Union'' (STC) in Corsica ** ''Syndicat des Travailleurs de Bretagne'' (STB) in Brittany ** ''Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak'' (LAB) in Basque country ** ''Union syndicale des travailleurs kanaks et des exploités'' (USTKE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hoover Institution Press
The Hoover Institution (officially The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; abbreviated as Hoover) is an American public policy think tank and research institution that promotes personal and economic liberty, free enterprise, and limited government. While the institution is formally a unit of Stanford University, it maintains an independent board of overseers and relies on its own income and donations. It is widely described as a conservative institution, although its directors have contested the idea that it is partisan. In 1919, the institution began as a library founded by Stanford alumnus Herbert Hoover prior to his presidency in order to house his archives gathered during the Great War. The Hoover Tower, an icon of Stanford University, was built to house the archives, then known as the Hoover War Collection (now the Hoover Institution Library and Archives), and contained material related to World War I, World War II, and other global events. The collection was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanford
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is considered among the most prestigious universities in the world. Stanford was founded in 1885 by Leland and Jane Stanford in memory of their only child, Leland Stanford Jr., who had died of typhoid fever at age 15 the previous year. Leland Stanford was a U.S. senator and former governor of California who made his fortune as a railroad tycoon. The school admitted its first students on October 1, 1891, as a coeducational and non-denominational institution. Stanford University struggled financially after the death of Leland Stanford in 1893 and again after much of the campus was damaged by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Following World War II, provost of Stanford Frederick Terman inspired and supported faculty and graduates' entrepreneurialism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Popular Front (France)
The Popular Front (french: Front populaire) was an alliance of French left-wing movements, including the communist French Communist Party (PCF), the socialist French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) and the progressive Radical-Socialist Republican Party, during the interwar period. Three months after the victory of the Spanish Popular Front, the Popular Front won the May 1936 legislative election, leading to the formation of a government first headed by SFIO leader Léon Blum and exclusively composed of republican and SFIO ministers. Blum's government implemented various social reforms. The workers' movement welcomed this electoral victory by launching a general strike in May–June 1936, resulting in the negotiation of the Matignon Agreements, one of the cornerstones of social rights in France. All employees were assured a two-week paid vacation, and the rights of unions were strengthened. The socialist movement's euphoria was apparent in SFIO member Marceau Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Mayoux
François Mayoux (24 June 1882 – 21 July 1967) was a French teacher who became in turn a socialist, communist and revolutionary syndicalist. He and his wife Marie Mayoux were imprisoned during World War I (1914–18) for publishing a pacifist pamphlet. He wrote many articles for anarchist journals. Early years François Mayoux was born on 24 June 1882 in Beaulieu-sur-Sonnette, Charente. He became a teacher, and his partner Marie Mayoux was also a teacher. Marie and Francois taught in Charente, then in Bouches-du-Rhône. They belonged to the ''Fédération nationale des Syndicats d'institutrices et instituteurs publics''. Socialist During World War I (1914–18) the Mayouxes were firm pacifists and hostile to the ''Union sacrée''. They both joined the socialist French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO: ''Section française de l'internationale ouvrière'') in 1915. They were placed on ''Carnet B''. The International Action Committee (CAI: ''Comité d'action internatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Mayoux
Marie Mayoux (24 April 1878 – 16 June 1969) was a French teacher, revolutionary syndicalist, pacifist and libertarian. She and her husband François Mayoux were imprisoned during World War I (1914–18) for her pacifist activities. Life Early years Marie Gouranchat was born in Charente on 24 April 1878. Marie and her partner François Mayoux became school teachers in Charente, then in the Bouches-du-Rhône. They joined the ''Fédération nationale des Syndicats d'institutrices et instituteurs publics'', the national federation of teacher's unions. In 1915 Marie and François Mayoux joined the socialist Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière (SFIO). World War I At the start of World War I (1914–18) many teachers were mobilized and others supported the war effort, but later a strong pacifist movement developed among them. Marie and François Mayoux were hardline pacifists, opposed to the Union sacrée. Marie Mayoux called a pacifist meeting at the teachers' union of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confédération Générale Du Travail-Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire
The Confédération Générale du Travail-Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire (General Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions) was a trade union federation in France founded in 1926 by Pierre Besnard with the help of the Spanish CNT. It was affiliated to the International Workers' Association. It was an anarchist split from the Confédération générale du travail unitaire (CGT-U) and was made illegal in 1939. Theoretical Legacy Its legacy comprises the charter of Lyons, which founded anti-political syndicalism. Syndicalist Activity It took part in the major struggles of its time, like anti-colonialism, the strikes of June 1936 in France, or the support to Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil WarDurruti in the Spanish revolution, Abel Paz, José Luis Gutiérrez Molina, Chuck Morse, Tr. Chuck Morse, AK Press, 2007, , 9781904859505, page 134. and the resistance to the Nazis. The CGT-SR actively opposed French colonialism, both in Algeria and in France. For the occa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Colliard
Lucie Colliard, born Lucie Claudine Parmelan (24 January 1877 – 12 August 1961) was a French teacher, pacifist, trade unionist and communist from Haute-Savoie. She helped found the French teacher's union. She was dismissed from her position as a teacher during World War I (1914–18) for her pacifist activities. She was active in the far left of the communist movement in France in the 1920s and 1930s. Life Pre-war Lucie Colliard was a native of Saint-Félix, in the Albanais, south of Haute-Savoie. She was born in 1877. She studied at a religious school for a period, then at a normal school, where she qualified as a teacher. At the Congress of Chambéry in 1912 she campaigned for creation of teacher's unions, which had previously been prohibited. Only friendly societies were tolerated, since the authorities considered that a teacher was a civil servant, should represent the state and should not organize or stand for election. The congress was also one of the first to discuss femini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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