The Federation of General Unions of National Education (, SGEN) is a trade union representing education workers in France.

The union was founded in October 1937, by Guy Raynaud de Lage, François Henry and Paul Vignaux. Despite being a secular union, it decided to join the French Confederation of Christian Workers (CFTC), in preference to the secular but left-wing General Confederation of Labour (CGT). The union argued that the CFTC should also become a secular organisation, and this was achieved in 1964, when the majority of the federation became the French Democratic Confederation of Labour.

Federation of General Unions of National Education

By 1995, the union claimed 40,700 members, but by 2017, this had fallen to 24,952.

Federation of General Unions of National Education

General Secretaries

1937: Guy Raynaud de Lage

1944: Marcel Reinhard

1946: Guy Raynaud de Lage

1948: Paul Vignaux

1970: Charles Pietri

1972: François Garrigue

1977: Roger Lépiney

1980: Patrice Béghain

1983: Michel Vergnolle

1986: Jean-Michel Boullier

1998: Jean-Luc Villeneuve

2007: Thierry Cadart

2012: Frédéric Sève

2016: Catherine Nave-Bekhti

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Education trade unions

Trade unions established in 1937

Trade unions in France

Federation of General Unions of National Education