Confederación Interamericana de Trabajadores (CIT) was an international

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confederation, founded in

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, in 1948. It was founded on the initiative of

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, as an alternative to the

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-led CTAL.Rubio, José Luis. ''Las internacionales obreras en América''.

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: 1971. p. 82 The CIT was formed at a congress in

organized by the Confederación de Trabajadores del Perú. Approximately 100 delegates representing twelve countries attended. A second congress was held in September 1949 which called on CTAL-affiliated unions to secede from that organization and join it. They also resolved to develop contacts with European and other trade unions in order to found a new world labor organization. In January 1951 the Confederación dissolved itself to become the regional affiliate of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions,

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. Coldrick, A. Percy and Jones, Philip. ''The international directory of the trade union movement'' New York : Facts on File,

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