CGTG was founded in 1962, as the Guadeloupean federation of the French Confédération générale du travail became an independent centre.

[4] In 2000, the PCG party congress adopted a new line of action, calling for street protests, strikes and civil disobedience in order to pressure the French state to allow a new stature for Guadeloupe.

Nomertin, previously general secretary of CGTG-Banane, succeeded PCG militant Claude Morvan.

[11] In December 2008, CGTG took part in organizing a general strike in Guadeloupe, along with other trade union centres, political parties and social movements, gathered in Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon.

The strike was organized in order to demand lowering of petrol prices and increase of wages.