The Revolutionary Syndicalist Committees (, CSR) were a trade-unionist organization inside the
General Confederation of Labour (Confédération Générale du Travail, CGT). The group was founded in opposition to reformist French CGT leadership in the circle around
Pierre Monatte
Pierre Monatte (15 January 188127 June 1960) was a French trade unionist, a founder of the '' Confédération générale du travail'' (CGT, General Confederation of Labour) at the beginning of the 20th century, and founder of its journal '' La V ...
and the ''Vie ouvrére'' newspaper. They created a coordinating entity after the September 1919 CGT congress and worked to develop inroads with specific member unions, with railroad workers in particular.
Monatte established a CSR Central Committee at a September 1921 opposition congress in Lyon. Revolutionary syndicalists formally separated from the CGT in December. They created a "
Unitarian CGT" (CGTU) at the July 1922 Saint-Etienne congress.
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''Syndicaliste'' review
Trade unions in France
National trade union centers of France
Syndicalist trade unions
Trade unions established in 1919
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