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The ICFTU Inter American Regional Organisation of Workers ( es, Organización Regional Interamericana de Trabajadores, ORIT) was the regional organization of the
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) was an international trade union. It came into being on 7 December 1949 following a split within the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), and was dissolved on 31 October 2006 when ...
(ICFTU) for
the Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. ...
. The federation was formed in 1951, and described its objective as being to work for independent, autonomous, democratic unions throughout the Americas. The ICFTU merged with the
World Confederation of Labor The World Confederation of Labour (WCL) was an international labour organization founded in 1920 and based in Europe. Totalitarian governments of the 1930s repressed the federation and imprisoned many of its leaders, limiting operations until the ...
in 2006, and in 2008, ORIT merged with the WCL's former regional organisation for the Americas, the
Latin American Confederation of Workers The Latin American Confederation of Workers ( es, Central Latinoamericana de Trabajadores, CLAT), was the World Confederation of Labour's (WCL) regional organization for Latin America and the Caribbean. The WCL merged with the International Confed ...
, to form the
Trade Union Confederation of the Americas The Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA-CSA) is the regional organization of the International Trade Union Confederation for the Americas. History The confederation was formed in March 2008 when the ICFTU Inter American Regional Organis ...
. As of 2005, the organization had 65 affiliated or fraternal organizations, in 29 countries, representing 50 million workers.


Member TUCs

The following national organizations were affiliated with ORIT in 2005: *
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
** Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina *
Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...
**
Barbados Workers' Union The Barbados Workers' Union is a trade union in Barbados. History The union was established in October 1941. It has 25,000 members and represents them directly, negotiating with individual companies in each sector. Its membership covers all areas ...
*
Belize Belize (; bzj, Bileez) is a Caribbean and Central American country on the northeastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a wate ...
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National Trade Union Congress of Belize The National Trade Union Congress of Belize is a central trade union representing workers in Belize. The NTUCB is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation and the Caribbean Congress of Labor. The NTUCB is an umbrella organizatio ...
(Fraternal, not affiliated) *
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 ...
**
Central Única dos Trabalhadores Central Única dos Trabalhadores ( en, Unified Workers' Central), commonly known by the acronym CUT, is the main national trade union center in Brazil. History CUT was formed on 28 August 1983 in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, during the Fi ...
**
Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores The Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores (General Confederation of Workers, CGT) is the second-largest federation of labor unions in Brazil. Founded in 1986, the CGT is close to the centrist Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB). R ...
*
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
**
Canadian Labour Congress The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (french: Congrès du travail du Canada, link=no or ) is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated. History Formation The CLC was ...
**
Confédération des syndicats nationaux The Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN; Confederation of National Trade Unions) is the second largest trade union federation in Quebec by membership. History It was founded in Hull in 1921 as the ''Confédération des travailleurs c ...
*
Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
** Central Unitaria de Trabajadores *
Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
**
Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia The Confederation of Workers of Colombia (Spanish: ''Confederación de Trabajadores de Colombia'', CTC) is a trade union centre in Colombia. It was formed in 1936, and is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation The Internat ...
**
Central Unitaria de Trabajadores de Colombia The Central Union of Workers (CUT; es, Central Unitaria de Trabajadores) is a Leftist trade union center in Colombia. It was formed in 1986, and is the country's largest union federation, with 546,000 members.American Center for International L ...
(Frat.) *
Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
**
Confederación de Trabajadores Rerum Novarum The Costa Rican Confederation of Workers (CTRN) Costa Rican trade union center. It was formed in 1991 by the merger of three union centres. The CTRN is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. See also * Trade unions in Co ...
*
Dominica Dominica ( or ; Kalinago: ; french: Dominique; Dominican Creole French: ), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in the Caribbean. The capital, Roseau, is located on the western side of the island. It is geographically ...
**
Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union The Waterfront and Allied Workers' Union (WAWU) is a trade union in Dominica. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC); german: Internationaler Gewerkschaftsbund ( ...
*
Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares wit ...
** Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores Dominicana **
Confederación de Trabajadores Unitaria The Confederación de Trabajadores Unitaria (CTU) is a trade union centre in the Dominican Republic. It was formed by the merging of four previous unions. It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation The International ...
*
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 ...
** Confederación Ecuatoriana de Organizaciones *
El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
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Central de Trabajadores Democráticos Central de Trabajadores Democráticos (CTD) is a trade union centre in El Salvador. It was founded in the 1980s, and is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation. References

* Trade unions in El Salvador International T ...
** Unión Nacional de Trabajadores Campesinos (Frat.) *
Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guatemala, links=no), is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico; to the northeast by Belize and the Caribbean; to the east by H ...
** Confederación de Unidad Sindical de Guatemala ** Unidad Sindical de Trabajadores de Guatemala (Frat.) *
Central de Trabajadores del Campo Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
(Frat.) *
Guyana Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
** Guyana Trades Union Congress *
Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
** Confederación de Trabajadores de Honduras ** Confederación Unica de Trabajadores de Honduras *
Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
**
Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions The Jamaica Confederation of Trade Unions (JCTU) is a national trade union center in Jamaica. It is affiliated to the International Trade Union Confederation. Origins The JCTU emerged from the ''Joint Trade Unions Research Development Centre'' ( ...
*
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
** Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores ** Unión Nacional de Trabajadores *
Montserrat Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with r ...
**
Montserrat Allied Workers' Union Montserrat ( ) is a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean. It is part of the Leeward Islands, the northern portion of the Lesser Antilles chain of the West Indies. Montserrat is about long and wide, with roughly of coastline. It is ...
*
Nicaragua Nicaragua (; ), officially the Republic of Nicaragua (), is the largest country in Central America, bordered by Honduras to the north, the Caribbean to the east, Costa Rica to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Managua is the cou ...
** Confederación de Unificación Sindical **
Central Sandinista de Trabajadores The Sandinista Workers' Centre (Spanish: ''Central Sandinista de Trabajadores'', CST) is the dominant national trade union center in Nicaragua. It was formed following the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) revolution of 1979. The CST is c ...
*
Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
** Confederación de Trabajadores de la República de Panamá ** Convergencia Sindical *
Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...
** Central Unica de Trabajadores *
Peru , image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg , image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg , other_symbol = Great Seal of the State , other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal , national_motto = "Fi ...
** Confederación Gral de Trabajadores del Perú ** Confederación Unitaria de Trabajadores del Perú *
Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...
** Algemeen Verbond van Vakverenigingen de Moederbond (Frat.) *
Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...
**
National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago The National Trade Union Centre of Trinidad and Tobago (NATUC) is a trade union federation in Trinidad and Tobago. It was created in 1991 by the merger of the Trinidad and Tobago Labour Congress (TTLC) and the Council of Progressive Trade Unions ...
*
United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
** AFL-CIO *
Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
** Asociación de Bancarios del Uruguay *
Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
** Confederación Trabajadores de Venezuela


Criticism

In June 2006 an American labor magazine, ''
Labor Notes --> Labor Notes is an American non-profit organization and network for rank-and-file union members and grassroots labor activists. Though officially titled the Labor Education and Research Project, the project is best known by the title of its mo ...
'', documented the role that the ORIT, ICFTU, ILO, and the AFL-CIO played in supporting elements opposed to the government of
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
an leader Aristide. ORIT is alleged to have ignored massive labor persecution against public sector workers and trade unionist supporters of the ousted government throughout 2004, 2005, and 2006.


Leadership


General Secretaries

:1951: Francisco Aguirre :1952:
Luis Alberto Monge Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez (December 29, 1925 – November 29, 2016) was the President of Costa Rica from 1982 to 1986. He also served as Costa Rica's first Ambassador to Israel from 1963 until 1966. Biography Early and personal life Monge ...
:1958: Alfonso Sanchez Madariaga :1961: Arturo Jáuregui :1974: Julio Etcheverry Espinola :1977: Juan Del Pino :1983: Tulio Cuevas :1986:
Luis Anderson McNeil Luis Alejandro Anderson McNeil (born February 9, 1941 in Colon, Republic of Panama), was the first Panamanian Secretary General of CIOSL/ORIT Inter-American Regional Organization of Labor (ORIT/ILO). He was also appointed Vice Minister and Ministe ...
:2003:
Víctor Báez Víctor Báez Mosqueira (born 29 May 1956) is a Paraguyan trade union leader. Born in Asuncion, Báez was a founding member of the Trade Union of Bank Employees in the 1970s, serving as its general secretary from 1977 until 1986. In 1983, Báez ...


Presidents

:1951: Arturo Sabroso Montoya :1952: Luis Alberto Colotuzzo :1955: Ignacio Gonzalez Tellechea :1961: Alfonso Sanchez Madariaga :1970:
Blas Chumacero Blas Chumacero Sánchez (January 18, 1905 in Puebla – July 12, 1997 in Mexico City) was a Mexican trade union leader and interim secretary general of the Confederation of Mexican Workers after Fidel Velásquez' death. Chumacero Sánchez was ...
:1974: Rafael Camacho Guzmán :1977: Alfonso Sanchez Madariaga :1997: Dick Martin :2001:
Linda Chavez-Thompson Linda Chavez-Thompson (born August 3, 1944)Franklin, "Labor's Message Heard in Clear New Voice," ''Chicago Tribune,'' October 30, 1995. is a second-generation Mexican-AmericanKarsko, "Success of Unions, Middle Class Are Linked, Labor Advocate Say ...


References

{{ICFTU International organizations based in the Americas Trade unions established in 1951 Trade unions disestablished in 2008 Organisations based in São Paulo