III‑ The CGT
•Founded 1895
•Communists became dominant leadership group in 1947
–Communists emerged from war with organization in tact and with solid resistance credentials
–General secretary always on PCF Political Bureau
–1992 announced would no longer follow PCF in policy but would lead
–Generally view relations between employees and employers as relationships of exploitation
The CGT
   Oldest Confederation

Communists emerged from war with organization in tact and with solid resistance credentials
   Collaboration of most French employers and upper class cost them leadership role that the PCF took up

General secretary always on PCF Political Bureau
   Non‑Communists influential at all levels, even some priests
   Some affiliated unions, e.g. printers, with non‑Communist leadership