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*Five confederations recognized by the state as representative trade union: **''

Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail The French Democratic Confederation of Labour (french: link=no, Confédération française démocratique du travail, CFDT) is a national trade union center, one of the five major French confederations of trade unions, led since 2012 by Laurent B ...

'' (CFDT) **'' Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens'' (CFTC) **''

Confédération générale du travail The General Confederation of Labour (french: Confédération Générale du Travail, CGT) is a national trade union center, founded in 1895 in the city of Limoges. It is the first of the five major French confederations of trade unions. It is ...

'' (CGT) **'' Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres'' (CFE-CGC) **'' Confédération générale du travail - Force Ouvrière'' (FO) *Other large unions: ** ''

Union nationale des syndicats autonomes The National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions (french: Union nationale des syndicats autonomes, UNSA) is one of the French confederations of trade unions, but they do not have the ''présomption irréfragable de représentativité'' of the Gene ...

'' (UNSA) ** '' Solidaire'' *Regional Unions: ** ''Confédération générale du travail - Martinique'' (CGTM) in

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in ...

** '' Confédération générale du travail de Guadeloupe'' (CGTM) in Guadeloupe ** '' Corsican Workers' Trade Union'' (STC) in Corsica ** ''Syndicat des Travailleurs de Bretagne'' (STB) in

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period ...

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Langile Abertzaleen Batzordeak (, Basque for "Nationalist Workers' Committees") is a Basque left-wing nationalist and separatist trade union operating mainly in Spain currently led by Garbiñe Aranburu. It was created in 1974 by Jon Idigoras among others. They are part of ...

'' (LAB) in Basque country ** ''

Union syndicale des travailleurs kanaks et des exploités Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''U ...

'' (USTKE) in New Caledonia *Small unions: ** '' Confédération nationale du travail-Vignole'' (CNT-F) ** '' Confédération nationale du travail-AIT'' (CNT-AIT) ** '' Confédération nationale du travail-Solidarité Ouvrière'' (CNT-SO) ** ''Confédération autonome du travail'' (CAT) *Sectorial Union: ** '' Fédération Syndicale Unitaire'' (FSU) ** ''Fédération générale autonome des fonctionnaires'' (FGAF) ** '' Alliance Police nationale'' ** '' Syndicat de la Magistrature'' (SM) ** ''

Union syndicale des magistrats The Union syndicale des magistrats, commonly abbreviated as USM, is the French largest (and majoritarian) magistrates trade union A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of wo ...

'' (USM) ** '' Syndicat du travail sexuel'' (STRASS) ** ''Fédération autonome de la fonction publique territoriale'' (FA-FPT) ** ''Syndicat national des journalistes'' (SNJ) ** ''Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo'' (STJV) *Historic unions: ** ''

Confédération Générale du Travail Unitaire The Confédération générale du travail unitaire, or CGTU ( en, United General Confederation of Labor), was a trade union confederation in France that at first included anarcho-syndicalists and soon became aligned with the French Communist Par ...

'' (CGT-U) a scission from the CGT from 1921 to 1936 when it fused back in the CGT ** ''

Confédération Générale du Travail-Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire The Confédération Générale du Travail-Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire (General Confederation of Revolutionary Trade Unions) was a trade union federation in France founded in 1926 by Pierre Besnard with the help of the Spanish CNT. It was affil ...

'' (CGT-SR) an anarchist scission from the CGT-U present from 1926 to 1939, refounded in the CNT ** ''

Fédération nationale des Jaunes de France The Fédération nationale des Jaunes de France (English: ''National Federation of the Yellows of France'') was a French 'yellow' or company union founded by Pierre Biétry Pierre Biétry (9 May 1872 – 3 December 1918) was a French syndicalist ...

'' a company union present from 1902 to 1912

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