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Jouhaux, Léon

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Jouhaux, Léon (b. 1 July 1879, d. 29 Apr. 1954). French trade union leader As a pragmatic general secretary of the trade union CGT since 1909, he resisted attempts to bring the union under increasing Communist influence. In protest against the Munich Agreement, he unsuccessfully called a general strike. He was imprisoned in France 1941–3, and in Germany 1943–5. In opposition to the Communist majority in the CGT after the war, he founded the socialist CGT-Force-Ouvrière in 1947, which contributed to the marginalization of trade unions in French politics and society from 1945. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1951.

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Léon Jouhaux

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Léon Jouhaux , 1879–1954, French Socialist labor leader. He headed the Confédération Générale du Travail from 1909 to 1947, when he resigned in protest against its alliance with Communist interests. In 1949 he helped found the anti-Communist International Confederation of Free Trade Unions. Long prominent in the International Labor Organization and active in the service of peace, Jouhaux received the 1951 Nobel Peace Prize. His works include studies on labor and on disarmament.

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