“ He died yesterday (Saturday) in early afternoon “, said Sunday to AFP Elyane Bressol, president of the CGT Institute of Social History, including M . Seguy was honorary president. Struggling for years against the disease, the former leader “ was hospitalized for several days in Montargis Hospital, in Loiret ,” she said.
His union cries “ a leader who counted, who still had and will have a long time ,” said Philippe Martinez, current leader of the CGT, who testified on RTL the “ sadness .” “ There was this desire for a CGT offensive, combative, but also listening to the workers and who knows carry out strikes “, he added.
Another of his successors, Bernard Thibault, welcomed the contribution “ Historical ” Mr. Seguy the “ radiation ” of the CGT. Central wants a “ national tribute to him be made in September in Montreuil “, told AFP Gisèle Vidallet, the CGT leadership.
Meanwhile, Pierre Laurent, leader of the PCF, which Georges Seguy was a member of the political office until 1982, “ loses a friend .” “ The Communists lost a comrade, a man filled with humanity, dignity, a fighter of mankind ,” he wrote in a statement.
Francois Hollande paid tribute to “ a sincere man and passionately devoted to social justice ,” which “ all his life, embodied offensive unionism “,” ready to engage in struggles but also to negotiate good compromise . ”
On Twitter, the Prime Minister Manuel Valls, he praised “ a great figure of unionism and social struggles in our country “, while Myriam El Khomri, Minister of Labour, expressed his “ great emotion .”
As for Laurent Berger (CFDT), he honored the social network “ a man of commitment, true to its values .”
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Born March 16, 1927 in Toulouse in a working class family, Georges Seguy, print worker, committed to 16 years in the ranks of supporters shooters Franks (FTP) of the Resistance. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was deported in 1944 to Mauthausen (Austria), where he spent fifteen months.
On his return to France, his father brought to the train as an electrician.
He became in 1949 secretary of the federation CGT railway, which came in 1954 to the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Politburo in 1956, Georges Seguy quickly climbed the ranks of the union apparatus: General Secretary federation of railwaymen (1961), member of the confederal office of the CGT (1965), before succeeding in 1967, at the age of 40 years, Benoît Frachon at the head of the CGT.
It is he who leads the union for the Grenelle negotiations in May 1968 before becoming the principal opponent of the trade union field of the governments of the Fifth Republic.
In 1982, Georges Seguy is replacing Henri Krasucki and takes an active retirement. It creates “ The call of hundred “, a peace movement close to the PCF, and organizes a symposium in 1995 for the centenary of the CGT.
Removed from the public scene, he broke his silence in December 2014 to urge his comrades to “ preserve the cohesion of the CGT ” in the storm caused by the revelations about the lifestyle of his distant successor Thierry Lepaon.
According Elyane Bressol (IHS), Georges Seguy “ has anticipated the changes that the CGT was to operate .” “ I think it is, largely, originally ” with “ work on internal democracy, to give more room for discussion and result in more people in the decisions and trade union unity and the working class. “
” He stayed until recent weeks, a resistant who was interested to the country’s social life and had notice “, she added.
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