Central Union of Workers

The Central Union of Workers (CUT; Spanish: Central Unitaria de Trabajadores) is a trade union centre in Colombia. It was formed in 1986, and in 2002 was the country's largest union federation, with 546,000 members.[1]

CUT
Full nameCentral Union of Workers
Native nameCentral Unitaria de Trabajadores
Founded1986
Key peopleTarsicio Mora Godoy, president
Domingo Tovar, secretary general
Office locationBogotá, Colombia
CountryColombia
Websitewww.cut.org.co

ICTUR reports that nearly 800 members of CUT were murdered between 1987 and 1992.[2]

In 2000 a past president of CUT, Luis Eduardo Garzón was awarded the AFL-CIO human rights award.[2]

References

  1. American Center for International Labor Solidarity (2006), Justice For All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in Colombia Archived 2010-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, p11
    • ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN 0-9543811-5-7.


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