French Democratic Confederation of Labour

CFDT
French Democratic Confederation of Labour
Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail
Founded
  • 1919 (1919)
    (as CFTC)
  • 1964 (1964)
    (current form)
HeadquartersParis, France
Location
  • France
Members612205 (2022)
General
Secretary
Marylise Léon
AffiliationsITUC, ETUC, TUAC
Websitewww.cfdt.fr

The French Democratic Confederation of Labour (French: Confédération française démocratique du travail, CFDT) is a national trade union center, one of the five major French confederations of trade unions, led since 2023 by Marylise Léon. It is the second largest French trade union confederation by number of members (625,000) and recently becoming first in voting results for representative bodies, having traditionally been second.