Workers' Force

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CGT-FO
General Confederation of Labor - Workers' Force
Confédération Générale du Travail - Force Ouvrière
Websitewww.force-ouvriere.fr

The General Confederation of Labor - Workers' Force (

CFDT
.

Force Ouvrière was founded in 1948 by former members of the

General Confederation of Labor (CGT) who denounced the dominance of the French Communist Party
over that federation.

FO is a member of the European Trade Union Confederation. Its leader is Frédéric Souillot, since June 2022.

History

After

Charte d'Amiens
. They founded a paper, Force ouvrière.

In 1947, a general strike, fought against the backdrop of the developing Cold War, divided the CGT. The Communist ministers were excluded from the government led by Paul Ramadier, a Socialist. In this context, the internal CGT opposition created a new trade-union confederation, called FO. The majority of its founders were from the socialist ranks.

In February 1958 the African branches of FO became an independent organization,

Confédération Africaine des Syndicats Libres-FO.[1][2]

In the 1960s, when

Internationalist Communist Organization. The hostility to the CGT and to the French Communist Party
is the cement of the confederation.

In the 1970s, FO leaders were sceptical about the Socialist strategy of alliance with the Communist Party. Then, they criticized the nomination of Communist ministers in 1981. After François Mitterrand's election, FO presented like the only independent trade-union confederation.

In 1989,

Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail
.

In 2003, Blondel called for a general strike against the plan of pensions reforms. Then, he let his function to

Contrat première embauche
. In April 2018, Pascal Pavageau, which presents himself as being part of the historical and traditional Workers' Force trend (independence of trade unions towards the political parties) became the new secretary general.

Frédéric Souillot, in 2023

General Secretaries

CIA involvement

The group's ties with the American

union, they organized Force Ouvrière, a non-Communist union. When they ran out of money, they appealed to the CIA. Thus began the secret subsidy of free trade unions which soon spread to Italy. Without that subsidy, postwar history might have gone very differently." American influence was never total, and there were disputes between FO leadership and the American representatives (for example, over French colonialism).[3]

The Reagan administration continued support to the organization through the National Endowment for Democracy.[citation needed]

Professional elections

FO won 15.81% of the vote in the employees' college during the 2008 professional elections. This is below FO's 18.28% result in 2002. Its highest ever result was 20.55% in 1997.

Affiliates

The following federations are affiliated with the confederation:

Federation Abbreviation Founded Membership (2002)[4]
Book Federation FO Livre 1949
Chemistry Federation Fédéchimie 1948 15,000
Federation of Arts, Entertainment, Audiovisual, Press, Communication and Multimedia Fasap
Federation of Employees and Managers FEC 1893 65,000
Federation of Equipment, Environment, Transport and Services
Federation of General State Administration
 FAGE 30,000
Federation of Public Service and Health Service Staff FSPS 1948 135,000
Federation of Workers' and Travellers' Representatives
Federation of Workers in Hairdressing, Beauty and Perfumery FO-Coiffure
FO Communication FO Com 1948 50,000
FO Construction FO Construction 1948 25,000
FO Defence FO Défense 1948 30,000
FO Finances FO Finances 1947 45,000
FO Metals FO Metaux 1948 50,000
General Federation FG-FO
General Federation of Agriculture, Food, Tobacco and Related Services Workers FGTA 1975 45,000
General Union of Police
National Federation of Education, Culture and Vocational Training FNEC FP 1948
National Federation of Energy and Mines FNEM 2000
National Federation of Pharmacy
National Federation of Social Action FNAS 1972
National Federation of Transport and Logistics UNCP
Trade Union Federation of Railway Workers FO-Cheminots
Union of Managers and Engineers FO-Cadres

The

General Federation of Public Servants
brings together those federations representing civil servants.

See also

References

  1. ^ Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice.Africa: The Politics of Independence and Unity. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. p. 188
  2. ^ Meynaud, Jean, and Anisse Salah Bey. Trade Unionism in Africa. Lond: Methuen, 1967. p. 166
  3. ISBN 9780521402170
    . Retrieved 4 August 2012. But the judgment of Caffrey was that the bitter political strikes of 1947 gave rise to FO, and if the Americans were midwives in its birth, they were unable to affect its subsequent growth and development. Almost at once stinging critiques appeared of FO's internal operations in American Embassy reports.
  4. ^ "Force ouvrière en bref". Institut superieur du travail. Retrieved 29 April 2020.


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