The ''Unión General del Trabajadores de Ecuador'' ("General Union of Workers of Ecuador", abbreviated UGTE) is a

trade union 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 ( ...

centre in

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

. UGTE emerged after a split in CTE.Alexander, Robert Jackson, and Eldon M. Parker.
A History of Organized Labor in Peru and Ecuador
'. Westport, Conn: Praeger Publishers, 2007. pp. 196-197 The founding congress of UGTE was held November 20-21, 1982. The founding leader of UGTE was Patricio Aldáz. The organization was awarded legal recognition on September 29, 1994. UGTE is politically linked to the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador and the

Democratic People's Movement The Democratic People's Movement ( es, link=no, Movimiento Popular Democrático, MPD) was the electoral wing of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (affiliated with the ICMLPO-U&S) and a political party in Ecuador since 1978. At th ...

(MPD), and forms part of the

Popular Front A popular front is "any coalition of working-class and middle-class parties", including liberal and social democratic ones, "united for the defense of democratic forms" against "a presumed Fascist assault". More generally, it is "a coalition ...

(composed of UGTE and student groups, launched as an alternative to the mainstream Frente Unitario de los Trabajadores). UGTE is not affiliated to any international trade union organization. Nelson Erazo is the president of UGTE. Kléber Alvarado, a labour lawyer, is the vice-president of UGTE. As of 2006, UGTE organized 76 trade unions, 1.41% 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 UGTE claims a membership of around 40,000. It organizes unions in public and private sectors. The main union of UGTE is the National Union of Educators (UNE), which at one point organized some 100,000 teachers across the country.
Labor
' Ahead of the 2010 Ecuador coup attempt, UGTE voiced opposition to the partial presidential veto on modifications to the proposal for the Public Service Organic Law. UGTE called for protests against the partial presidential veto. UGTE had also threatened to seize the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the repre ...

by force, in protest against the partial presidential veto. Following the defeat of the coup attempt, UGTE was accused of supporting the conspirators.
Lecciones de la victoria contra el golpe contrarrevolucionario en Ecuador
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