The National Federation of Chemical Industries (, FNIC) is a trade union representing workers in the chemical industry in France.

The union was founded in 1907 as the Oil and Gas Workers' Federation, as an affiliate of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT). In 1909, it was renamed as the Federation of Chemical Products. In 1921, it suffered a major split, with left-wingers forming the United Federation of Chemical Industries, but they rejoined in 1935, with their general secretary, Eduoard Finck, becoming secretary of the merged union. This took membership from 4,000 to a claimed 190,000, and although the union was banned during World War II, it reformed after the war and had 160,000 members in 1946.

National Federation of Chemical Industries

By 1994, the union's membership had fallen 22,156. It has since stabilised, and was 24,814 in 2019.

National Federation of Chemical Industries

General Secretaries

1900s: E. Bernaud

1910s: Decouzon

1922: Loze

1928: Van den Bossche

1935: Édouard Finck

1958: Roger Pascré

1978: Jean Vincent

1991: Georges Hervo

2001: Jean Michel Petit

2015: Carlos Moreira

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References

Chemical industry in France

Chemical industry trade unions

Trade unions established in 1907

Trade unions in France

National Federation of Chemical Industries