Permanent Congress of Trade Union Unity of Latin America
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The Permanent Congress of Trade Union Unity of Latin America also known as the Congreso Permanente de Unidad Sindical de los Trabajadores de América Latina y el Caribe (CPUSTAL) is the Latin American regional organizations of the World Federation of Trade Unions.
History
[edit | edit source]The origin of the CPUSTAL goes back to a conference held in Santiago, Chile in September 1962 held on the initiative of the Central de Trabajadores de Cuba and the Central Unica de Trabajadores of Chile. At this conference it was decided to set up a co-coordinating committee that would hold a general conference of Latin American trade unions to found a successor to the Confederación de los Trabajadores de América Latina. This congress was held in Brasília, Brazil in 1964 and included delegates from Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. The CTAL was dissolved at this congress and a new organization, the Permanent Congress of Trade Union Unity of Latin America was created as its successor.[1]
Organization
[edit | edit source]The CPUSTAL had trouble finding a permanent headquarters. The Secretariat was originally based in Santiago, but had to leave after the Chilean coup of 1973. They then set up shop in Lima at the invitation of the Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú. However, they only remained there for about a year, when a shift in the attitudes of the ruling Peruvian junta, forced the secretariat to move once again, this time to Panama City, Panama at the invitation of the Central Nacional de Trabajadores Panamenos. Its address as of 1979 Apartado, Panama 3, Panama.[2]
The organizations Council also had difficulties - in 1967 they were banned by the government of Uruguay forbade from meeting in Montevideo.[2]
CPUSTAL had a subregional body for Central America, the Comité de Unidad Sindical de Centro-America, based in San José, Costa Rica.[2]
Members
[edit | edit source]As of 1978 the following organizations were affiliated with CPUSTAL:[2]
- File:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia - Central Obrera Boliviana
- File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil - "Class trade union movement"
- File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile - Central Unica de Trabajadores (associate)
- File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia - Confederación Sindical de Trabajadores de Colombia
- File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica - Confederación General de Trabajadores Costaricense
- Error creating thumbnail: Cuba - Central de Trabajadores de Cuba
- File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic - Central General de Trabajadores
- File:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador - Central de Trabajadores de Ecuador
- File:Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador - Federación Unitaria Sindical Salvedorena
- File:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala - Federación Autonoma Sindical de Guatemala
- File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico - Union General de Oberos y Campesinos
- File:Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua - Confederación General del Trabajo
- File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama - Central Nacional de Trabajadores Panamenos
- File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru - Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú
- File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico - Unidad General de Trabajadores
- File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay - Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores (associate)
- File:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela - Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Venezuela
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Coldrick (1979), p. 1037
- ^ a b c d Coldrick (1979), p. 1038
Bibliography
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