General Confederation Of Labour–workers' Force

French  Confédération Générale du Travail–Force Ouvrière  (CGT–FO),  French labour-union federation that is most influential among white-collar civil servants and clerical workers. It was formed in 1948 after a split within the General Confederation of Labour (Confédération Générale du Travail, or CGT). In 1947 the socialist minority withdrew from the CGT after communists had gained control of the federation's leadership apparatus. The