National Federation of Miners
The National Federation of Miners (French: Fédération nationale des travailleurs du sous-sol, FNTSS-CGT) was a trade union representing miners in France.
The union traced its history to 1883, when Michel Rondet of the Union of Miners of the Loire called a conference in Saint-Étienne. This attracted eleven unions from seven regions of France, with representatives including Émile Basly from Pas-de-Calais and Jean-Baptiste Calvignac from Carmaux. The federation endured, but remained relatively small, membership peaking at 20,000 in 1891, and falling back to 12,000 in 1912. In 1906, it affiliated to the General Confederation of Labour (CGT). The National Federation of Slate Workers merged into the union in 1911, which renamed itself as the Federation of the Mining and Quarrying Industry, then in 1912 it became the National Federation of Miners and Allied Trades.[1]
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From the 1950s, employment in the mining industry dropped rapidly, and with it, the membership of the federation. By 1963, it was down to 65,000 working members, and by 1999, only 4,000. That year, it merged with the National Federation of Energy, forming the National Federation of Mines and Energy.[5]
General Secretaries
- 1883: Michel Rondet
- 1894: Gilbert Cotte
- 1903: Alexandre Bexant
- 1910: Séraphin Cordier
- 1911: Casimir Bartuel
- 1924: Pierre Vigne
- 1945: Victorin Duguet
- 1956: Henri Martel
- 1959: Léon Delfosse
- 1968: Achille Blondeau
- 1980: Augustin Dufresnes
- 1989: Jacky Bernard
References
- ISBN 2-262-01328-4, pp.21, 220-221
- ^ Antoine Prost, La CGT à l'époque du front populaire 1934-1939. Essai de description numérique, A. Colin, 1964
- ^ Jean-Pierre Le Crom, Syndicats nous voilà ! Vichy et le corporatisme, éditions de l'Atelier, 1995
- ^ "SINOT Noël, Marius, Adrien". Le Maitron. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
- La Nouvelle Vie ouvrière, N° 2879, 29 octobre 1999