title: Interco Federation
text: # Interco Federation
  
  The Interco Federation (French: Fédération Interco) is a trade union representing workers in local government and some civil servants in France.
  
  ## History
  
  The federation was established the May 24, 1974, when the Federation of Local Government Workers merged with unions representing civil servants working in the Ministry of the Interior. Like its predecessors, it affiliated to the French Democratic Confederation of Labour. Initially known as the Federation of Ministry of the Interior Personnel and Local Government Workers, "Intérieur et collectivités" was soon shortened to "Interco".
  
  By 1995, the union claimed 42,300 members, and by 2017, this had grown to 68,618.
  
  In the 2018 common territorial public service elections, the union obtained 202,718 votes out of 897,714, or 22.57%.
  
  ## Sectors
  
  The union represents public and private workers in the following sectors:
  
  * Local authorities,
  * Ministry of the Interior,
  * Ministry of Justice,
  * Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
  * Ministry of Solidarity,
  * Public Housing Offices,
  * Water and sanitation
  * Funerals
  
  ## General Secretaries
  
      1974: René Bellanger
      1977: Jacques Nodin
      1992: Alexis Guénégo
      2005: Marie-Odile Esch
      2015: Claire Le Calonnec
      2021: Jacques Lager
  