Federation of Private Employees

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The Federation of Private Employees (FEP) was a Luxembourg trade union for private-sector, white-collar workers. It existed from 1918 to 1998, formed when the National Federation of Private Employees merged with a white-collar union in the mining industry. In its early years, it pressed for laws that would give its members civil-servant-like working conditions. From the mid-1960s it focused more on collective agreements, and its membership rose to about 16,000 by 1974.

In the 1970s, the FEP worked closely with the Luxembourg Workers' Union (LAV), but internal disagreements followed. The Luxembourg Association of Banking and Insurance Employees (ALEBA) split away in 1976. In 1979, the union's leadership and some members left to join the Independent Luxembourg Trade Union Confederation, the successor to the LAV. Membership declined to around 5,000 by 1989. In 1990 the right wing split off to form the National Union of Private Employees — Reformers (SNEP). In 1998 the FEP lost its last seat on a representative body and dissolved soon after.