Federation of Employees and Managers

{{short description|Trade union of France}}

The Federation of Employees and Managers ({{langx|fr|Fédération des employés et cadres}}, FEC) is a trade union representing white-collar workers in France.

The federation was established on 13 July 1893 as the National Federation of Employees, and was a founding element of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in 1895.{{cite web |title=GÉLY André (André E., dit) |url=https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article80753 |website=Le Maitron |accessdate=5 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=DALLE Victor |url=https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article107945 |website=Le Maitron |accessdate=5 May 2020}} It lost some members when the United General Confederation of Labour split away from the CGT, but they rejoined in 1935.{{cite web |title=Histoire des Employés et de leur Fédération, la FEC |url=https://www.fecfo.fr/qui-sommes-nous/histoire-de-la-fec |website=FEC |accessdate=5 May 2020}}

Under the leadership of Oreste Capocci, the union opposed the Vichy government, and was banned, but continued to organise illegally and was reconstituted on the liberation of France. In 1947, it voted to leave the CGT, objecting to the influence of the French Communist Party, and it became a founding element of Workers' Force.

By 1995, the union had 36,500 members.{{cite book |last1=Ebbinghaus |first1=Bernhard |last2=Visser |first2=Jelle |title=Trade Unions in Western Europe Since 1945 |date=2000 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=Basingstoke |isbn=0333771125 |page=265}} As of 2020, it has 11 sections:{{cite web |title=La FEC regroupe onze sections professionnelles |url=http://www.fecfo.fr/qui-sommes-nous/la-federation |website=FEC |accessdate=5 May 2020}}

• Agricultural Organisations
• Casinos and Gaming
• Clerks and Notaries
• Commerce
• Credit
• Insurance
• Miscellaneous
• Press, Publishing and Advertising
• Services
• Shipping Companies
• Social Organisations