# CGT trade-union confederation founded (1895)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1895-cgt-trade-union-confederation-founded
Location: Limoges

The Confédération générale du travail became a major force in organized labor. Within the broader Third Republic period, The Third Republic survived war, the Commune, constitutional crises and fierce ideological conflict. It expanded mass schooling and empire, faced the Dreyfus Affair, fought World War I and entered the troubled interwar era. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Félix Faure (President of the French Republic). CGT trade-union confederation founded mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
CGT trade-union confederation founded mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority.

Ruler at the time: [Félix Faure](https://history-france.com/rulers/felix-faure)

## Sources
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