Sophie BINET

Bio

Elected on 31 March 2023, Sophie Binet is the first woman general secretary of the CGT. Previously head of the Union Générale des Cadres et Techniciens CGT, she was particularly active on issues of gender equality, and even piloted the CGT's national "women-mixed" scheme. Sophie Binet began her trade union involvement during the protests against the CPE in 2005. Her career has always been guided by a rejection of racist and xenophobic ideas and a total commitment to serving others, to effective equal rights, to social progress and to ecological and environmental challenges.