Edmond Maire
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24 January 1931
Edmond Maire | |
|---|---|
 Edmond Maire in 1978 | |
| General Secretary of the CFDT | |
| In office 1971–1988 | |
| Preceded by | Eugène Descamps |
| Succeeded by | Jean Kaspar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmond Louis Marie Maire 24 January 1931 |
| Died | 1 October 2017 (aged 86) Paris, France |
| Children | Jacques Maire |
| Education | Lycée Jacques-Decour |
| Alma mater | CNAM |
Edmond Maire (French pronunciation: [ɛdmɔ̃ mɛːʁ]; 24 January 1931 – 1 October 2017) was a French labor union leader. He was the secretary general of the French Democratic Confederation of Labour (CFDT) from 1971 to 1988. He was dismissive of strike actions and supported a more equal division of labour.
Edmond Maire was born on 24 January 1931 in Épinay-sur-Seine near Paris.[1][2][3] His father was a railroad employee for the SNCF at the Gare du Nord, and his mother was a housewife.[1] He was raised as a devout Roman Catholic alongside six siblings.[1]
Maire was educated at the Collège-lycée Jacques-Decour in Paris and did not go to university.[1] He began working at 18 and took evening classes in chemistry at the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers.[1] He subsequently did his military service.[1]
Career
Maire began his career as a chemist for Pechiney in Aubervilliers near Paris.[1] He quit his job to focus on activism. After he retired from the CFDT, he became the chief executive of Villages Vacances Familles, a chain of affordable holiday villages later known as Belambra Clubs.[2]
