''Sindicato Angolano dos Camponeses e Operários'' ('Angolan Trade Union of Peasants and Workers', abbreviated SINDACO) was a
trade union in
Angola. SINDACO was linked to
UNITA.
SINDACO was founded at a congress held April 24–25, 1975 where the
CNTA and merged with the UNITA-aligned
UGTA. The
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions was represented at the event.
[Coldrick, A. P., and A. Philip Jones. ]
The International Directory of the Trade Union Movement
'. New York: Facts on File, 1979. p. 258[Mielke, Siegfried. ]
Internationales Gewerkschaftshandbuch
'. Opladen: Laske + Budrich, 1983. p. 206
SINDACO remained based mainly in the
Ovimbundu
The Ovimbundu, also known as the Southern Mbundu, are a Bantu ethnic group who live on the Bié Plateau of central Angola and in the coastal strip west of these highlands. As the largest ethnic group in Angola, they make up 38 percent of the ...
-dominated cities of
Huambo and
Lobito, whilst being marginalized in
Luanda (where
MPLA was monopolizing control over the trade union movement).
SINDACO activities were disrupted by the
Angolan Civil War.
In Lobito SINDACO was led by Jorge Valemtim.
[Wolfers, Michael, and Jane Bergerol. ]
Angola in the Frontline
'. London: Zed Press, 1983. p. 51
References
Defunct trade unions of Angola
1975 establishments in Angola
UNITA
Trade unions established in 1975
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