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18-462: CGPF may refer to: Confédération générale de la production française , a French employer' association from 1919 to 1936 Confédération générale du patronat français , a French employer' association from 1936 to 1940 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CGPF . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

36-789: A meeting of the Territorial Union of Trade Unions in Senegal and Mauritania, held in Dakar November 11–November 12, 1955, the majority of delegates voted for separation from the French CGT. A conference was held in Saint-Louis on January 14–January 15, 1956 which formed the Confédération générale des travailleurs africains (CGTA), separating the parts of the West African CGT organizations from

54-544: A more effective organization. When the CGPF central council met on 15 May 1936, just after the election of the Popular Front , it was still mostly concerned with minor internal arrangements. Aymé Bernard was the only member who brought up a political situation. He said, I do not think that we are on the eve of disturbances in the streets, but M. Blum is going to take power sooner or later and I think that, while not despairing of

72-609: The Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT). According to the historian M. Dreyfus, the direction of the CGT is slowly evolving, since the 1990s, during which it cut all organic links with the French Communist Party (PCF), in favour of a more moderate stance. The CGT is concentrating its attention, in particular since the 1995 general strikes , to trade-unionism in the private sector. The CGT

90-720: The French Soudan . CGT had an upper hand in the Muslim regions in comparison to its main rival CFTC, who depended on the presence of Catholic communities for its recruitment. CGT emerged as the major trade union force amongst the 100 000 strong organized labour force in Senegal and Mauritania after the Second World War. Within the CGT branches in the region, there was however a growing wish for independence. A leader of CGT in French West Africa, Bassirou Guèye, promoted this idea. At

108-607: The International Labor Office . The CGPF was the voice of French industry at the International Economic Conference (1927), International Committee of Economic Experts (1931) and Lausanne Conference (1932). Before 1936–36 the CGFP was handicapped by rivalry among the different industrial groups and by lack of a strong domestic opponent. The International Labor Office said of the CGPF that, "In practice ...

126-486: The CGPF in 1923. By 1936 the CGPF had 28 branches. The CGPF claimed to represent all employees, but in fact was mainly controlled by large industrial concerns with headquarters in Paris, particularly metallurgy companies, and was weak in areas such as commerce and banking. The CGPF made its views public on all major issues that affect the economy or social organization. It had special committees to review tax and tariff issues. In

144-401: The CGPF, which was renamed the Confédération générale du patronat français (CGPF) and given a new constitution and leadership. Publications included: General Confederation of Labour (France) 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

162-554: The General Confederation of Production is, beyond doubt, only a permanent meeting place for the heads of different federations; its power is ephemeral, inasmuch as it depends on their consent, and yet considerable, if, by the exchange of views, it brings about unanimity between them. The growing power of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT: Confédération générale du travail) forced the CGPF to transform itself into

180-601: The damage to a minimum, I do not say avoid it. On 7 June 1936 Alexandre Lambert-Ribot, secretary general of the Comité des forges, signed the Matignon Agreements to end the general strike that had ensued. CGPF President René-Paul Duchemin signed on behalf of French employers. Forces led by the de Wendels and Rothschilds, who were hostile to Duchemin's labour policies, forced an Extraordinary General Assembly in August 1936 to reform

198-411: The fate of our country, we must know what we are going to do...In practice one of two things [will happen): either the socialist experiment will succeed and it will be a matter of knowing what we can do to avoid passing completely under the absolute control of a totalitarian state, or this experiment will not succeed, and then, it will end up with bloodshed ... in either case, it will be necessary to reduce

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216-632: The financial crisis of 1925 the CGPF supported Raymond Poincaré 's policy and opposed that of the Cartel des Gauches . The government generally chose the CGPF as the agency to represent employers on governmental committees. Thus the CGPF participated in the National Economic Council, National Council of Handicrafts, Higher Council on Educational Methods, Higher Commission on Occupational Diseases, Industrial Hygienic Commission and Commission on Engineering Awards. The CGPF represent French employers at

234-443: The five major French confederations of trade unions . It is the largest in terms of votes (32.1% at the 2002 professional election, 34.0% in the 2008 election), and second largest in terms of membership numbers. Its membership decreased to 650,000 members in 1995–96 (it had more than doubled when François Mitterrand was elected president in 1981), before increasing today to between 700,000 and 720,000 members, slightly fewer than

252-511: The instrument of the Comité des forges steelmakers' association for handling social issues. The UIMM provided logistic support to the Confédération générale de la production française (CGPF), with the result that the CGPF was accused of being simply a puppet of the steel industry. The Fédération des Associations Régionales (FAR), founded in 1919 to represent provincial businesses, was absorbed into

270-480: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CGPF&oldid=790539469 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Conf%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration g%C3%A9n%C3%A9rale de la production fran%C3%A7aise The Confédération générale de la production française (CGPF)

288-597: The same, going as far as resigning from the political bureau of the party. CGT Secretary General Phillipe Martinez announced that the union will support the week of climate action beginning on September 20, 2019. In 1937 CGT began organizing workers in French West Africa . The union's functioning was interrupted by its banning by the Vichy regime, but in 1943-1948 a process of reconstruction took place. The main centers of activity were Senegal , Ivory Coast , Togo and

306-434: Was created at the initiative of Étienne Clémentel . It was founded on 19 March 1919, bringing together 21 employers' federations in an attempt to unite previously competing groups. The CGPF demanded complete freedom from government interference, but the right to participate in any government action that might affect the interests of its members. The Union des industries et métiers de la métallurgie (UIMM) acted in effect as

324-547: Was founded in 1895 in Limoges from the merger of the Fédération des bourses du travail (Federation of Labour Councils) and the Fédération nationale des syndicats (National Federation of Trade Unions). Auguste Keufer was amongst the founders and became the first treasurer. At the end of Henri Krasucki 's term (1982–1992), he began to distance himself from the French Communist Party (PCF). His successor, Louis Viannet , did

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