The Ecuador Confederation of Free Trade Union Organizations (CEOSL) is a trade union centre in Ecuador. CEOSL was founded on May 1, 1962, inspired by

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

n trade unions. It later distanced itself from its North American sponsors during the 1980s and 1990s, though. As of 2006 CEOSL organized 984 trade unions, 18.32% of the total number of unions in the country.Vázquez S., Lola, and Napoleón Saltos Galarza. ''Ecuador: su realidad''. Quito, Ecuador: Fundación "José Peralta", 2007. p. 388 CEOSL is a member of the

Frente Unitario de los Trabajadores The Frente Unitario de Trabajadores (FUT) is a central organizing body for the main trade union centres in Ecuador. In 1980, FUT was formed by the unification of Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones Clasistas Unitarias de Trabajadores ...

, an umbrella organization for Ecuadorian trade unions.

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Trade Union Confederation of the Americas Trade unions in Ecuador {{SouthAm-trade-union-stub