Labor union audience of private sector organizations in France 2017-2021
In May 2021, the Haut Conseil du Dialogue Social (HCDS) published a press release regarding union membership in the private sector over the period 2017-2021, in which the Confédération Démocratique des Travailleurs Français (CFDT) confirmed its position as the leading French union, with 26.77 percent of the votes obtained in the various professional elections held over the period. The Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) came in second, with nearly 23 percent of the vote.
In France, the union audience is a key issue for organizations, insofar as a union must exceed eight percent of the audience to be qualified as a "representative" union and to be able to negotiate collective agreements.
In France, the union audience is a key issue for organizations, insofar as a union must exceed eight percent of the audience to be qualified as a "representative" union and to be able to negotiate collective agreements.
