Surviving in France, and existing internationally. An approach to the relationships between the Ugt (General Union of workers) in exile and the leaders of the Cgt (General Confederation of Labour) 1944-1949

Journal title VENTUNESIMO SECOLO
Author/s Bruno Vargas
Publishing Year 2016 Issue 2016/38
Language French Pages 18 P. 78-95 File size 124 KB
DOI 10.3280/XXI2016-038005
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The relationship between the Ugt in exile in France and the leaders of the Cgt from 1944 to 1949 has been the reflection of the ideological confrontations between socialists and communists in a context of a nascent cold war. Being given a rough handling, misunderstood, and sometimes ignored by their counterpart of the Cgt and of the WFTU, the leaders of the socialist Ugt led an open war against the other socialo-communist group of the Ugt. They will only find their safety thanks to the evolution of internal conflicts leading to a break between both tendencies of the workers movement within the Cgt and the WFTU.

Keywords: Ugt; Cgt; Wftu; socialists; communist; Cold war

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Bruno Vargas, Survivre en France, exister à l’international. Approche des relations entre l’Union Générale des Travailleurs (Ugt) en exil et les dirigeants de la Confédération Générale du Travail (Cgt), 1944-1949 in "VENTUNESIMO SECOLO" 38/2016, pp 78-95, DOI: 10.3280/XXI2016-038005