Georges Séguy

Georges Séguy 16 March 1927 13 August 2016 was a French trade union leader Born in Toulouse Séguys father was a communist and trade unionist and Pierre Semard was a family friend In 1940 Séguy joined the illegal Communist Youth After Semard was executed in 1942 Séguy became more involved in the resistance keeping watch while the movement was sabotaging the railways He found work at Henri Lions printing works which served the resistance and he soon became its main contact with the underground French Communist Party PCF General Confederation of Labour CGT and National Front