The Public Services Federation (french: Fédération des services publics) is a trade union representing public sector workers in France. The union was founded on 6 December 1903 at a meeting in

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, held on the initiative of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT). It was initially named the National Federation of Municipal and Departmental Workers. By 1914, the union had 33 affiliates, with a total of 14,000 members. In 1919, it became the National Federation of Public Services, representing workers employed by municipal government. It suffered a major split in 1922, when the

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(CGTU) left the CGT, but it rejoined in 1936, giving the union 180,000 members. By 1946, the union had grown further, to 300,000 members.

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, ''La CGT de la Libération à la scission de 1944-1947'', éditions sociales, 1983, p.91 In 1948, the right wing of the union left to form the

Federation of Public Service and Health Service Staff The Federation of Public Service and Health Service Staff (french: Fédération des personnels des Services Publics et des Services de Santé, FSPS) is a trade union representing public and health service workers in France. In 1948, the executiv ...

, affiliated to

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. In 1979, the

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split away from the union. Membership in 1994 was down to 50,865, but it has since grown steadily, reaching 85,000 in 2019, making it the largest union affiliated to the CGT.

General Secretaries

:1919:

Maurice Copigneaux Maurice Eugène Frédéric Copigneaux (15 November 1868 – 10 September 1943) was a French trade union leader. Copigneaux lived in Paris and joined the city union for municipal workers. This was an early affiliate of the General Confederatio ...

:1921: :1925:

Ernest Michaud Ernest François Michaud (5 December 1884 – 8 August 1939) was a French trade union leader. Born in Breloux-la-Crèche, Michaud trained as a carpenter, then found work on the railways. In 1910, he joined the local railway workers' union, be ...

:1937: Lucien Jayat :1945: Raymond Bomal :1948: Henri Lartigue :1963:

Raymond Barberis Raymond Barberis (24 October 1922 – 11 December 2016) was a French trade union leader. Born in Paris, Barberis grew up in Nice. He was still studying in 1944, when the liberation of France occurred, when he began working in administration ...

:1978: :1999: Maïté Lassalle :2009: Baptiste Talbot :2019: Natacha Pommet

External links

*{{official website, https://www.cgtservicespublics.fr/

References

Public sector trade unions Trade unions established in 1903 Trade unions in France