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Confédération générale du travail de
Guadeloupe ('General Confederation of Labour of
Guadeloupe') is a trade
union centre in Guadeloupe. CGTG was founded in 1962, as the
Guadeloupean federation of the French Confédération générale du travail
became an independent centre.[1]
CGTG is particularly strong amongst banana plantation workers and
in the Basse-Terre
area.[2]
Historically, CGTG is linked to the Guadeloupe Communist Party
(PCG).[3] In
1965, CGTG began publishing Tribune Ouvrière ('Workers'
Tribune).[4]
In 2000, the PCG party congress adopted a new line of action,
calling for street protests, strikes and civil
disobedience in order to pressure the French state to allow a
new stature for Guadeloupe. The PCG congress also stated that the
party would support trade union struggles, even if not directly led
by the party. These adjustments opened up for more cooperation
between CGTG and the independentist trade union centre UGTG.[1][5]
In January 2002, a member of the Trotskyist group
Combat Ouvrier, Jean-Marie Nomertin, was elected General
Secretary of CGTG at a meeting of the CGTG Executive Committee.[6] A
deal was struck between militants of PCG and Combat
Ouvrier. Nomertin, previously general secretary of
CGTG-Banane, succeeded PCG militant Claude Morvan. Morvan
had been the general secretary 1975-2002. Before Morvan, Hermann
Songeons was the general secretary of CGTG.[6][7][8][9]
In the 2002 election to the Guadelopean Joint Industrial
Tribunal, CGTG came second with 15 out of 48 seats. 28% of
employees participated in the vote.[2] In
2008, CGTG won 14 seats.[10]
As of 2003, CGTG was estimated to have 5,000 members.[11]
In December 2008, CGTG took part in organizing a general strike in
Guadeloupe, along with other trade union centres, political parties
and social movements. The strike was organized in order to demand
lowering of petrol prices and augmentation of salaries.[12]
Affiliated
unions
- The banana plantation workers' union in CGTG is
CGTG-Banane. Pierrot Berancier is the general secretary of
CGTG-Banane.[13]
- The teachers' union affiliated with CGTG is Syndicat de
l'Enseignement Public - Confédération Général du Travail de la
Guadeloupe. Aude Girondin is the general secretary of
SEP-CGTG.[14]
- The builders' union affiliated with CGTG is the Fédération
des Travailleurs de la Construction CGTG. The union is
affiliated to the Trade Unions International of Building, Wood and
Building Materials Industries (UITBB), one of the professional
internationals inside the World Federation of Trade
Unions.[15]
- In the health sector, the CGTG affiliate is
CGTG-Santé.[16]
- In the banking sector CGTG is present through the
Fédération CGTG des Organismes Financiers, a continuation
of the previous Union Syndicale des Employés de Banques et
Cadres CGTG.[17]
References
- ^ a
b
Ameringer, Charles D. Political Parties of the
Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West
Indies. The Greenwood historical encyclopedia of the world's
political parties. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1992. p. 328
- ^ a
b
EIROline: Tension and disputes in
Guadeloupe industrial relations
- ^
Great Soviet Encyclopedia: Гваделупская коммунистическая
партия
- ^
Schnepel, Ellen M. In Search of a National
Identity: Creole and Politics in Guadeloupe. Kreolische
Bibliothek, Bd. 19. Hamburg: Helmut Buske, 2004. p. 148
- ^ (French)
"Loi d'orientation pour les
départements d'outre-mer : un emballage sur le changement de
statut pour faire passer des mesures favorables au patronat".
Lutte de Classe (Trotskyist Communist
Union). Summer, 2000. http://www.union-communiste.org/index.php?FR-archp-show-2000-1-7-37-x.html. Retrieved 7 December
2008.
- ^ a
b
(French)
"JEAN MARIE NOMERTIN REMPLACE
CLAUDE MORVAN A LA TÊTE DE LA CGTG". Combat Ouvrier.
February 23, 2002. http://www.combat-ouvrier.net/co854/854_2.htm. Retrieved 14 December
2008.
- ^
"Martinique and Guadeloupe - In 2007 as in 2006, the
Workers Fight!". The Spark. March 18, 2007. http://www.the-spark.net/csart553.html. Retrieved 7 December
2008.
- ^
(French)
Académie de la Guadeloupe: Liste des organisations
syndicales
- ^
(French)
Combat Ouvrière: Après le 40ème anniversaire de
la C.G.T.G
- ^
(French)
"L'UGTG grand vainqueur des
prud'homales." Ville de Baie Mahault. Retrieved on 18 December
2008.
- ^ The Europa World Year Book
2004. London: Europa,
2004. p. 1727
- ^
Union Générale des Travailleurs de Guadeloupe: Prix carburants : Gwadloupéyen doubout kont
pwofitasyon !
- ^
(French)
Urbino, Dominique (June 2, 2006). "Montée en puissance d'un
cyclone social sur les Antilles". l'Humanité. http://www.humanite.fr/2006-06-02_International_Montee-en-puissance-d-un-cyclone-social-sur-les-Antilles. Retrieved 7 December
2008.
- ^
(French)
Guide d’accueil Rentrée
2007-2008
- ^
UITBB: Latin America
- ^
Union Générale des Travailleurs de Guadeloupe: Travailleurs des cliniques : la mobilisation
s’impose !
- ^
(French)
"Pointe-à-Pitre - Succès
judiciaire des grévistes des banques, mais la grève continue".
Combat Ouvrier. February, 2004. http://www.combat-ouvrier.net/co898/898_1.htm. Retrieved 7 December
2008.
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