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trade unions A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

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

Confédération générale du travail The General Confederation of Labour (, , 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 the largest in terms of votes in the Labour C ...

'' (CGT) **'' Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail'' (CFDT) **''

Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens The French Confederation of Christian Workers (; CFTC) is one of the five major France, French confederation of trade unions, belonging to the Christian socialism, social Christian tradition. It was founded in 1919 as the Trade Union of Employe ...

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

Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

** '' Confédération générale du travail de Guadeloupe'' (CGTM) in

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

** '' Corsican Workers' Trade Union'' (STC) in

Corsica Corsica ( , , ; ; ) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the Regions of France, 18 regions of France. It is the List of islands in the Mediterranean#By area, fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the Metro ...

** ''Syndicat des Travailleurs de Bretagne'' (STB) in

Brittany Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...

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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 the Basque Country under Spanish rule currently led by Garbiñe Aranburu. It was created in 1974 by Jon Idigora ...

'' (LAB) in Basque country ** '' Union syndicale des travailleurs kanaks et des exploités'' (USTKE) in

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

*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 The (SM; English: Union of the Magistracy) is France's second largest magistrates' trade union in terms of membership after the more conservative Union syndicale des magistrats (USM). It was founded on 8 June 1968 in the direct aftermath of the Ma ...

'' (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 (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an ...

'' (USM) ** '' Syndicat du travail sexuel'' (STRASS) ** ''Fédération autonome de la fonction publique territoriale'' (FA-FPT) ** ''

Syndicat national des journalistes The Syndicat national des journalistes (SNJ, National Union of Journalists), founded in 1918, is a French professional trade union exclusively for professional journalists. It is a founding member of the Solidaires Union (formerly the "Group of ...

'' (SNJ) ** ''Syndicat des Travailleurs et Travailleuses du Jeu Vidéo'' (STJV) ** Association Professionnelle de la Critique de théâtre, de musique et de danse *Historic unions: ** ''

Confédération Générale du Travail Unitaire The Confédération générale du travail unitaire, or CGTU (), was a trade union confederation in France that at first included anarcho-syndicalists and soon became aligned with the French Communist Party. It was founded in 1922 as a confederat ...

'' (CGT-U) a scission from the CGT from 1921 to 1936 when it fused back in the CGT ** '' Confédération Générale du Travail-Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire'' (CGT-SR) an anarchist scission from the CGT-U present from 1926 to 1939, refounded in the CNT ** '' Fédération nationale des Jaunes de France'' a

company union A company or "yellow" union is a worker organization which is dominated or unduly influenced by an employer and is therefore not an independent trade union. Company unions are contrary to international labour law (see ILO Convention 98, Article ...

present from 1902 to 1912

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Trade unions A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

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