The Confédération Générale du Travail - Force Ouvrière (CGT-FO or "General Confederation of Work - Workers' Force"), generally known as Force Ouvrière (FO), is one of the five great French confederations of trade unions. The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... A confederation is an association of sovereign states, usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution. ... A union (labor union in American English; trade union, sometimes trades union, in British English; either labour union or trade union in Canadian English) is a legal entity consisting of employees or workers having a common interest, such as all the assembly workers for one employer, or all the workers...

It was founded in 1948 by formers members of the CGT who denounced the dominance of the French Communist Party over that union. 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT or General Confederation of Work) is one of the five great French confederations of trade unions. ... The French Communist Party (Parti communiste français or PCF) was founded in 1920. ...

See also

• Politics of France
• other trade unions
  • the other confederations:
    • Confédération Générale du Travail
    • Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail
    • Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens
    • Confédération Générale des Cadres
  • Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques
• Mouvement des Entreprises de France

This article discusses political groups and tendencies in France; for information on the political and administrative structures of France, see Government of France. ... The Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT or General Confederation of Work) is one of the five great French confederations of trade unions. ... The Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (CFDT or French Democratic Confederation of Work) is one of the five great French confederations of trade unions. ... The Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens (CFTC or French Confederation of Christian Workers) is one of the five great French confederations of trade unions. ... The Confédération Française de lEncadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres (French Confederation of Management - General Confederation of ExecutivesCFE-CGC) is one of the five great French confederations of trade unions. ... The Mouvement des Entreprises de France or MEDEF (in English: Movement of the French Enterprises) is the largest union of employers in France. ...

External link

• Official site of FO (http://www.force-ouvriere.fr)