Workers' Force

The Confédération générale du travail -Force Ouvrière (CGT -FO; analogous German translation of the name: General Federation of Trade Unions - Workers' Power ), now called the rule Force Ouvrière (FO ), is one of the four major trade union confederations in France. It is traditionally assigned to the moderate, social democratic left.

The reason for their creation was the dominance of the French Communist Party in the General Confederation (CGT ) after the Second World War. It was founded in 1948 She sees her goal in defense of the ideals of the Republic. Liberty, equality, fraternity and secularism. The peculiarity of the CGT -FO is the party political independence.