François HOMMERIL

Bio

François Hommeril – A President, an Engineer, and a Committed Activist Full of Convictions

Elected President of the CFE-CGC Confederation in June 2016 at the Lyon Congress, and re-elected in 2019 at the Deauville Congress with 91.79% of the vote, François Hommeril, a geological engineer, has maintained close ties with the field, activists, and members of the organization throughout his term. It is worth noting that François Hommeril became a member of the CFE-CGC (Chemistry Federation) in 1990, which sets the foundation for his entire journey.

Born on July 23, 1961, in Normandy, François Hommeril worked for twenty years as a research and production engineer for the industrial group Péchiney (which later became Alcan, then Rio Tinto). It was within this company that he gradually built a solid union career, holding various positions such as union representative, central union delegate, coordination leader, head of joint negotiation bodies, member of the works council, and more.

Remaining closely connected to the field and deeply involved in defending and improving working conditions, he served as a labor tribunal advisor from 2003 to 2017, president of the CFE-CGC departmental union in Savoie, and a board member of APEC Rhône-Alpes.

He joined the CFE-CGC confederation as National Delegate for the Europe and International Division from 2006 to 2010. His dedication and commitment naturally led him, in 2010, to the position of National Secretary in charge of Lifelong Learning as well as European and International affairs.

Between 2015 and 2016, François Hommeril focused on his union, becoming president of the Dauphiné-Savoie Chemistry Union. In 2016, he was called to run for the presidency of the CFE-CGC. He was elected at the Lyon Congress with a clear commitment: "To bring back meaning and perspective," alongside Alain Giffard and Franck Zid. In three intense years, he successfully fostered unity and cohesion within the organization.

Despite a challenging national social dialogue, these three years also saw a significant increase in the organization’s visibility, representativeness, and electoral success. The slogan of the Deauville Congress, “The Future in Our Hands,” reflects François Hommeril’s and his executive team’s determination to continuously strengthen the CFE-CGC’s power, independence, and freedom of expression and action.

The three years from October 2019 to March 2023 were marked by unprecedented events in history, including the pandemic and its demands for ultra-rapid adaptation, the war in Ukraine with its dramatic consequences on all fronts, and the highly contentious pension reform conflict.

Led by its spokesperson, the CFE-CGC fully assumed its responsibilities throughout these challenges—whether by finding solutions during lockdowns, urging the government to adopt an independent energy policy, advocating for greater value-sharing, or playing an active and determined role within the historic inter-union coalition on pensions. As François Hommeril often says: “The CFE-CGC is exactly where it needs to be—where we’re expected to be.”

Re-elected at the head of the organization during the Tours Congress in March 2023, he then began his third and final term as President.