General Federation of Agriculture, Food, Tobacco and Related Services Workers
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The General Federation of Agriculture, Food, Tobacco and Related Services Workers (French: Fédération générale des travailleurs de l'agriculture, de l'alimentation, des tabacs et des services annexes, FGTA) is a trade union representing workers in a range of related industries in France.
The union was founded in 1975, when the National Federation of Agricultural Workers merged with the Federation of Workers in Food and Retail. Like its predecessors, the union affiliated to Workers' Force.[1] From formation until 1997, it was led by Jean-Marie Goube.[2] In 1988, the Federation of Tobacco and Matches merged in.[3] By 1995, the union claimed 14,000 members.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "CLAUDE Pierre, Lucien". Le Maitron. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "GOUBE Jean-Marie, Eugène, Marie". Le Maitron. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Régime de retraite de l'Association FO des tabacs et allumettes de la manufacture de Saintines (Oise)". Sénat. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 265. ISBN 0333771125.