André Fressinet
French Union leader
André Marius Fressinet (29 February 1904 – 7 September 2004) was a French trade union leader.
Biography
Born in Dieulefit, Fressinet began work at the age of 13 and joined the Union of Skins and Hides in Romans-sur-Isère, which was affiliated to the General Confederation of Labour (CGT). He also took part in demonstrations against World War I, but after the war, he completed his military service in the French Navy.
After military service, Fressinet returned to work, and joined the United General Confederation of Labour (CGTU), and the Communist Youth. In 1929, he moved to Marseille, and eventually found work in the merchant navy. He travelled regularly to East Asia, and was suspected by the French government of supporting the communist movement in French Indochina. He was sacked, but found work with other companies. In 1936, he was elected as the secretary of the sailors' section of the French Communist Party (PCF).
As a PCF member, Fressinet was arrested in 1940, but released two years later, and took part in the French resistance. He took various sectional and regional roles in the PCF, and helped reform the CGT's National Federation of Maritime Unions (FNSM).
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