Confederation of Workers of Colombia

CTC
Confederation of Workers of Colombia
Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia
Founded	1936
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Location	Colombia;
Affiliations	ITUC

The Confederation of Workers of Colombia (Spanish: Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia, CTC) is a trade union centre in Colombia. It was formed in 1936,[1] and is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation.[2]

In 1976 José Raquel Mercado, a former president of CTC, was assassinated by the M-19 movement.

References

American Center for International Labor Solidarity (2006), Justice For All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in Colombia Archived July 17, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, p10
- 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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