''União dos Sindicatos Revolucionarios de Angola'' ('Union of Revolutionary Trade Unions of Angola', abbreviated USRA) was an
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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 ...
organization in exile. USRA was founded in
Songololo,
Congo-Kinshasa in November 1965 by dissidents from
LGTA led by Manuel Francisco Bento (that had rebelled against the pro-
Holden Roberto
Álvaro Holden Roberto (January 12, 1923 – August 2, 2007) was an Angolan politician who founded and led the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) from 1962 to 1999. His memoirs are unfinished.
Early life
Roberto, son of Garcia Diasiwa ...
leadership of LGTA in June 1965) and another dissident group from
UNTA (led by former UNTA Foreign Secretary, i.e. second-in-command in the organization, Bernard Dombele). Dombele had accused UNTA of 'political deviation'. The organization opened an office in
Kinshasa in April 1966.
[Mielke, Siegfried. ]
Internationales Gewerkschaftshandbuch
'. Opladen: Laske + Budrich, 1983. p. 205[Marcum, John A. ]
The Angolan Revolution. Vol. 2, Exile Politics and Guerrilla Warfare (1962-1976)
'. Cambridge, Mass: MIT, 1978. pp. 158-159, 375, 393
As of 1967, USRA had ceased to exist.
References
Defunct trade unions of Angola
Trade unions established in 1965
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