Union for the Defense of Tradesmen & Artisans Union de défense des commerçants et artisans (French) | |
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| Abbreviation | UDCA |
| Leader | Pierre Poujade |
| Founded | 29 November 1953 |
| Dissolved | 1962 |
| Newspaper | Fraternité française |
| Membership | Up to 800,000 |
| Ideology | Poujadism Right-wing populism |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| Colors | Brown |
| National Assembly (1956) | 52 / 595
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The Union for the Defense of Tradesmen and Artisans (French: Union de défense des commerçants et artisans), known as Union and French Fraternity (French: Union et fraternité française) after 1956, was a right-wing populist political party in France from 1953 to 1962, led by Pierre Poujade.