Pierre Monatte was a French trade unionist, a founder of the Confédération générale du travail at the beginning of the 20th century, and founder of its journal La Vie Ouvrière on 5 October 1909. Monatte has been considered one of the great figures of revolutionary syndicalism.

The General Confederation of Labour is a national trade union center, founded in 1895 in the city of Limoges. It is the first of the five major French confederations of trade unions.