Marcelle Delabit

Marcelle Jeanne Delabit (9 June 1892 – April 1969) was a French trade unionist.

Born in Paris as Marcelle Hartmann, Delabit worked in a tobacco factory. During World War I, she was promoted to become a supervisor. She joined the National Federation of Workers of the Tobacco Manufactures of France, an affiliate of the General Confederation of Labour, and in 1922 was elected as its deputy general secretary.

In 1928, Delabit became general secretary of the renamed Federation of Tobacco and Matches. She became increasingly prominent in the CGT, serving on its administrative committee, and writing regularly for its newspaper, Le Peuple. She was also active in the French Section of the Workers' International, and in the pacifist movement.

In 1948, Delabit's union switched to the newly founded Workers' Force (FO), with Delabit's support, and she was elected to FO's first executive. She retired in 1962, and underwent a major operation in 1969, from which she did not recover.