Paraguayan Workers Confederation

The Paraguayan Workers Confederation (Spanish: Confederación Paraguaya de Trabajadores) or CPT is a national trade union center in Paraguay. It was formed in 1951 with close ties to the Colorado Party. In 1958, after a general strike, many unionists were exiled, and formed the CPT-E, a CPT in exile.[1]

CPT
Confederación Paraguaya de Trabajadores
Founded1951
HeadquartersAsunción, Paraguay
Location
Members
43,000
Key people
Gerónimo López, president
Julis Etcheverry Espinola, secretary general
AffiliationsITUC

CPT again operates in Paraguay. Until 1974 it was affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation, but is now a member of the International Trade Union Confederation.

References
  1. http://www.eurosur.org/FLACSO/mujeres/paraguay/part-6.htm
  • 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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