Marc Blondel
Marc Blondel | |
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 Marc Blondel in 2000 | |
| General Secretary of Workers' Force | |
| In office 1989–2004 | |
| Preceded by | André Bergeron |
| Succeeded by | Jean-Claude Mailly |
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| Born | 2 May 1938 Courbevoie, France |
| Died | 16 March 2014 (aged 75) Paris, France |
Marc Fiacre Henri Blondel (2 May 1938 – 16 March 2014) was a French trade union leader.
Born in
Blondel campaigned for
In 1960, Blondel began working for ASSEDIC, where he formed a network of union branches. This success led him to become secretary of the union representing workers in social organisations in the Paris region, and from 1961, he served on the executive of the Federation of Employees and Managers (FEC), and then its national secretary in 1965. He began advocating a merger between FO, the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), and the French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT). This was not popular with the FO leadership, but Blondel continued to rise in prominence, being active in May 1968 movement, and in 1974 winning election as the general secretary of the FEC.[1]
In 1980, Blondel moved to work at the national office of FO, leading on economic issues, and in 1981 he was elected to the governing body of the
Under Blondel's leadership, the FO adopted more radical policies, but faced falling membership. In 1995, it worked with the CGT to campaign against Alain Juppé's plan to reorganise social security. He symbolically shook hands with the CGT leader, Louis Viannet. He was consistently re-elected with large majorities, until he retired in 2004. He then became president of the National Federation of Free Thought, the Friends of Fred Zeller, and the Friends of Léon Jouhaux.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "BLONDEL Marc, Fiacre, Henri". Le Maitron. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ a b c Noblecourt, Michel (17 March 2014). "Mort de Marc Blondel, l'intransigeant tribun de FO". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 5 May 2020.
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