The Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores (General Confederation of Workers, CGT) is the second-largest federation of

labor unions A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (su ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. Founded in 1986, the CGT is close to the

centrist Centrism is a political outlook or position involving acceptance or support of a balance of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy while opposing political changes that would result in a significant shift of society strongly to Left-w ...

Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB).

References

External links

Official web site
Trade unions in Brazil International Trade Union Confederation

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