French Democratic Confederation of Labour
French Democratic Confederation of Labour | |
Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail | |
TUAC | |
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The French Democratic Confederation of Labour (French: Confédération française démocratique du travail, CFDT) is a national trade union center, one of the five major French confederations of trade unions, led since 2023 by Marylise Léon . It is the largest French trade union confederation by number of members (875,000) but comes only second after the General Confederation of Labour in voting results for representative bodies.
History
The CFDT was created in 1964 when a majority of the members of the Christian trade union
At first, under the leadership of
In 1974, many PSU and CFDT members joined the Socialist Party (Parti socialiste or PS) led by François Mitterrand. With Michel Rocard at their helm, they formed an internal opposition called "the second left". They abandoned the auto-gestionary project and advocated aligning themselves with the European social-democracy model. At the same time, under the leadership of Edmond Maire, the CFDT cut its ties with the CGT.
In the 1980s, after
In 2003, the support of the new CFDT leader
Professional elections
The CFDT won 21.81% of the vote in the employee's college during the 2008 professional elections, making it the second largest trade union in terms of votes in those elections. This result, however, is below the CFDT's 25.23% result in 2002 and its top result to date, 25.35% in 1997.
Affiliates
Current
The following federations are affiliated:
Federation | Abbreviation | Founded | Membership (2017)[1] |
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Chemistry and Energy Federation | FCE | 1997 | 37,428 |
Communication, Consulting, Culture Federation | F3C | 2005 | 43,666 |
Federation of Banks and Insurance | FBA | 1954 | |
Federation of Health and Social Services | Santé Sociaux | 1935 | 93,570 |
Federation of General Unions of National Education | SGEN | 1937 | 24,952 |
Federation of Services | CFDT Services | 1913 | 81,094 |
Federation of Social Protection, Work and Employment | PSTE | ||
Federation of State Establishments and Arsenals | FEAE | 1962 | |
Finance Federation | CFDT Finances | ||
General Agri-Food Federation | FGA | 1980 | 37,428 |
General Federation of Mines and Metallurgy | FGMM | 1984 | 56,142 |
General Federation of Transport and the Environment | FGTE | 1977 | 43,666 |
Interco Federation | Interco | 1974 | 68,618 |
National Federation of Construction and Wood Workers | FNCB | 1934 | 24,952 |
Private Training and Education Federation | FEP | 1938 |
Other affiliates are:
- CFDT Executives (UCC CFDT)
- Confederate Union of Retired Persons (UCR CFDT)
- Union of Public Service and Similar Federations (UFFA)
Former
Union[2] | Left | Reason not affiliated |
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Equipment Federation | 1977 | Merged into FGTE |
Federation of Chemicals and Glass | 1997 | Merged into FCE |
Federation of Food, Hotel, Cafe and Restaurant Workers | 1980 | Merged into FGA |
Federation of French Sailors and Fishermen | 1977 | Merged into FGTE |
Federation of Judicial Professions | ||
Federation of Labour Ministry Employees | ||
Federation of Miners | 1984 | Merged into FGMM |
Federation of Railway Workers | 1977 | Merged into FGTE |
Federation of Social Security | ||
Federation of Transport | 1977 | Merged into FGTE |
Federation of the Textile, Clothing and Leather Industries | 2007 | Merged into CFDT Services |
Federation of Unions of Post and Telecommunications | 2005 | Merged into F3C |
French Federation of Unions of Commercial Travellers and Agents | ||
French Federation of Police Unions | ||
General Federation of Agriculture | 1980 | Merged into FGA |
General Federation of Metallurgy | 1984 | Merged into FGMM |
National Federation of Civil Aviation | ||
National Federation of Personnel of the Electricity and Gas Industries | 1997 | Merged into FCE |
National Federation of Unions of Communal Employees | 1974 | Merged into Interco |
National Federation of Unions of Printing Trades, Paper and Cardboard Workers | 1971 | Merged into CFDT Services |
Leadership
General Secretaries
- 1964: Eugène Descamps
- 1971: Edmond Maire
- 1988: Jean Kaspar
- 1992: Nicole Notat
- 2002: François Chérèque
- 2012: Laurent Berger
- 2023: Marylise Léon
Presidents
- 1964: Georges Levard
- 1967: André Jeanson
- 1971: Laurent Lucas
- 1973: Post abolished
Notable members
References
- ^ "La CFDT en bref". Institut Superieur du Travail. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Directory of Labor Organizations, Europe. Washington DC: United States Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1965. pp. 9.1–9.22. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.