The National Federation of Education, Culture and Vocational Training (French: Fédération nationale de l'enseignement, de la culture et de la formation professionnelle, FNEC FP) is a trade union representing education and related staff in France.
In 1948, the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) suffered a major split, with many members leaving to form Workers' Force (FO).
The Federation for National Education (FEN), formerly affiliated to the CGT, voted to leave, but did not join FO.
Membership remained low, only 5,000 in 1950, and in 1954, FO decided to ban dual membership with the FEN, effectively ending the union's presence outside teaching colleges and technical education.
[1] [2] The union became the National Federation for Education and Culture (FNEC) in 1970, and grew significantly in the early 1980s, when a group of former FEN members joined, arguing that the FEN was not supporting secularism nor opposing parents interfering in state education.