Interco Federation

The Interco Federation (French: Fédération Interco) is a trade union representing workers in local government and some civil servants in France.

INTERCO
Interco Federation
Fédération Interco
FoundedMay 24, 1974
Members
70,000
AffiliationsFrench Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT)
Websitehttps://interco.cfdt.fr/

History

The federation was established the May 24, 1974, when the Federation of Local Government Workers merged with unions representing civil servants working in the Ministry of the Interior. Like its predecessors, it affiliated to the French Democratic Confederation of Labour.[1] Initially known as the Federation of Ministry of the Interior Personnel and Local Government Workers, "Intérieur et collectivités" was soon shortened to "Interco". By 1995, the union claimed 42,300 members,[2] and by 2017, this had grown to 68,618.[3]

In the 2018 common territorial public service elections, the union obtained 202,718 votes out of 897,714, or 22.57%.

Sectors

The union represents public and private workers in the following sectors:[1]

General Secretaries
1974: René Bellanger
1977: Jacques Nodin
1992: Alexis Guénégo
2005: Marie-Odile Esch
2015: Claire Le Calonnec
2021: Jacques Lager

References
  1. "LA FÉDÉRATION INTERCO". Interco Federation. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  2. Ebbinghaus, Bernhard; Visser, Jelle (2000). Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 267. ISBN 0333771125.
  3. "La CFDT en bref". Institut Superieur du Travail. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
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