15 Facts About Laurent Berger

Laurent Berger was born on 27 October 1968 and is a French labor leader.

Laurent Berger has been the general secretary of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour between 2012 and 2023.

Laurent Berger joined the French Democratic Confederation of Labour at that time.

Laurent Berger was the general secretary of the YCW from 1992 to 1994.

Laurent Berger was unemployed for six months and was intermittently a substitute teacher of history and geography.

Laurent Berger was employed by a social insertion association in Saint-Nazaire to help long-term unemployed adults and RMI beneficiaries to find jobs.

In 1996, Laurent Berger became a permanent staff member of the Saint-Nazaire CFDT local union.

Laurent Berger worked on employment and youth issues within the trade union.

Laurent Berger was appointed as the deputy general secretary of CFDT on 21 March 2012.

Laurent Berger was the head of a reflection on the functioning of the CFDT, aimed at bringing the union closer to employees.

Laurent Berger was re-elected with 98.31 percent of votes on 5 March 2014 during a CFDT congress in Marseille.

In 2016, Laurent Berger supported the Socialist government's labour law reform bill, in contrast with the FO and CGT unions.

In June 2018, Laurent Berger was re-elected as the general secretary of the CFDT with more than 90 percent of votes.

On 11 December 2018 Laurent Berger tweeted that the CFDT had become the first trade union in France, overtaking the General Confederation of Labour.

Laurent Berger has been the chairman of the European Trade Union Confederation since May 2019.