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| CGT Enseignement supérieur | |
|---|---|
| Name | CGT Enseignement supérieur |
| Native name | Confédération générale du travail — Enseignement supérieur |
| Founded | 20th century |
| Headquarters | France |
| Affiliation | Confédération générale du travail |
CGT Enseignement supérieur is a French trade union federation representing staff in universities, grandes écoles, and research institutions. It advocates for personnel across universities, CNRS, INSERM, INRIA and IUT, engaging in collective bargaining, strikes and policy debates related to higher education and research funding. The federation participates in national negotiations, campus mobilizations and sectoral campaigns alongside other unions and political organizations.
The federation articulates missions linking workplace rights and institutional governance, coordinating demands that intersect with higher education policy set by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, interactions with the Université Paris-Saclay, Université de Lyon, Université Grenoble Alpes and Sorbonne Université. It defends employment conditions for personnel within CNRS, INSERM, CNES, INRAE and INRIA, promotes career frameworks impacting maîtres de conférences, professeurs des universités, ingénieurs de recherche and techniciens hospitaliers, and engages with rectorats such as Académie de Paris and Académie de Lyon. The union frames its platform with stakeholders including UNEF, FAGE, Solidaires, FO, and CFDT while addressing legislation like the loi relative à l'enseignement supérieur, policies from Élysée and Assemblée nationale committees, and directives from Conseil d'État and Conseil constitutionnel.
Its origins trace to early 20th-century labor movements that influenced syndicalism tied to CGT national campaigns led by figures connected to CGT leaders and industrial actions like the 1936 Front Populaire mobilizations and the May 1968 events involving Sorbonne occupiers. Post-1980s restructurings responded to reforms under ministers such as Jack Lang, Claude Allègre and Valérie Pécresse, and to institutional reorganizations like the creation of ComUEs and the Bologna Process. The federation adapted through interactions with European Trade Union Confederation, involvement in demonstrations in Place de la République, Place de la Concorde and in coordination with municipal governments of Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Toulouse, and through responses to policies under presidents François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande and Emmanuel Macron.
The federation is organized with sections across campuses including Université Toulouse III — Paul Sabatier, Université de Strasbourg, Aix-Marseille Université, Université de Lille and Université de Nantes, and has delegates in École Polytechnique, HEC Paris, Sciences Po, École Normale Supérieure and CentraleSupélec. Internal structures feature elected bureaux, commissions dealing with statutaires, formation syndicale, communication and coordination with regional federations like CGT Rhône, CGT Paris and CGT Nord. It liaises with professional bodies such as Conseil national des universités and with hospital-university centers including AP-HP and CHU de Toulouse. International links include contacts with European University Association and trade union federations in Spain, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom and Belgium.
Campaigns have included mobilizations over budgetary cuts affecting CNRS, demands for tenure and open-ended contracts for contractuels, strikes opposing loi Pécresse and loi relative aux libertés et responsabilités des universités, occupations at Sorbonne, blocades at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and sit-ins at Université Paris Nanterre. It has run national days of action coordinated with FEU, SUD Solidaires and FSU, protests at Assemblée nationale and Sénat, petitions circulated to President of the Republic and appeals to Conseil constitutionnel. Issues raised involve recruitment policies at INRAE, career progression at INSERM, workload at Université Côte d'Azur, doctoral supervision at Université de Bretagne Occidentale, and working conditions at Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives.
The federation functions as a sectoral branch within the Confédération générale du travail, collaborating with CGT Chimie, CGT Transports, CGT Finance and CGT Énergie on cross-sector strikes and unity lists during elections at CSE and CAP. It coordinates strategies with CFDT Enseignement, FO Enseignement, FSU and Solidaires Universités in joint motions, joint meetings with ministères and joint press conferences at the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur. Tensions and alliances have occurred with UNSA, CGT Cadres and SNPTES around representativeness and electoral lists in comité technique and commission paritaire.
Representatives hold seats in CA (conseils d'administration) of universities, conseils scientifiques, conseils académiques and in commissions administratives paritaires nationales relevant to MENESR, CNRS, INSERM and INRAE. Delegates run for CAP, CPE, CNE and appear in CAPN elections, CTP and CHSCT where they address Santé au travail and harcèlement. They engage in jury panels for concours, participate in negotiations at rectorats, and contest decisions before administrative tribunals such as Tribunal administratif and Conseil d'État when necessary.
Critiques have targeted the federation over perceived politicization linked to alliances with left-wing movements including Parti communiste français and Nouvelle Union Populaire Écologique et Sociale, disputes with management at Université de Montpellier, Université de Lorraine and Université Paris-Descartes over strike tactics, and internal debates over representativeness after reform of social dialogue and electoral rules. Legal disputes have involved injunctions in tribunaux correctionnels, media coverage in Le Monde, Libération, Le Figaro and L'Humanité, and public scrutiny by ministers including Frédérique Vidal and Sylvie Retailleau. Detractors from CFDT and UNSA argue about negotiation posture, while supporters cite successes in collective agreements at CNRS and negotiated gains at Université de Strasbourg and Université de Bordeaux.
Category:Trade unions in France Category:Higher education in France