The French Confederation of Management – General Confederation of Executives (french: Confédération française de l'encadrement - Confédération générale des cadres, CFE-CGC) is one of the five major French

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s of

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s. It only organizes unions for professional employees, with higher education and/or in

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positions. It originated from several former unions of

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in 1945. Its leader is François Hommeril.

Professional Elections

The CFE-CGC won 8.19% of the vote in the employee's college during the 2008 professional elections, its best result to date. It had won 7.01% in 2002.

Affiliates

The following federations and unions are affiliated: *Federation of the food industry (CFE-CGC Agro) *Federation of Water and Sanitation (FDEA CFE-CGC) *Insurance Federation *Federation of Chemistry *Constructio federation *Federation of Culture, Communication and Entertainment (FCCS CFE-CGC) *Federation of Sales Forces (CSN CFE-CGC) *Federation of air trades (FNEMA CFE-CGC) *Federation of finance and banking professions (SNB Services) *Federation of Public Services (CFE-CGC FP) *Transport Federation *Federation of Commerce and Services (FNECS CFE-CGC *Federation of Mines Supervision (FNEM CFE-CGC) *Energy Federation CFE-CGC *Federation enermine *Media Federation 2000 (CFE-CGC Media) *Metallurgy Federation *National Federation CFE-CGC of ports and chambers of commerce and industry (SNECA) *National Federation of Hotel, Catering and Sports (CFE-CGC INOVA) *National Federation of Management Staff of IT Service Companies (FIECI) *National union CFE-CGC of executives in the service of employment (CFE-CGC Apec) *Union social protection health CFE-CGC (UP2S health) *Union social protection health CFE-CGC (UP2S social security) *Union for social health protection of Provident and Supplementary Retirement Institutions and Schemes (UP2S IPRC) *Territorial union CFE-CGC of New Caledonia *Local union (UL) *The departmental union (UD) *The regional union (UR) *The Confederation

Presidents

:1944: Jean Ducros :1956: André Malterre :1975: Yvan Charpentié :1979: Jean Menu :1984: Paul Marchelli :1993: Marc Vilbenoît :1999: Jean-Luc Cazettes :2005: Bernard Van Craeynest :2013: Carole Couvert :2016: François Hommeril Trade unions in France Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD National trade union centers of France Trade unions established in 1944 {{Europe-trade-union-stub