The General Workers Central ( es, Central General de Trabajadores; CGT), also known as the General Workers Confederation and the General Confederation of Labor, is a
national trade union center in
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 ...
. It is traditionally associated with the
National Party of Honduras
The National Party of Honduras (PNH; es, Partido Nacional de Honduras) is a conservative political party in Honduras founded on 27 February 1902, by Manuel Bonilla Chirinos. Historically it has been one of the two most influential parties in t ...
.
When, in January 2009 two Honduran factories (Hugger and VisionTex) that were part of
Nike, Inc.'s supply chain went bankrupt and closed, the CGT of Honduras claimed that Nike bore some of the responsibility for providing terminal compensation, benefits and priority rehiring for 1,800 factory employees.
Brand Responsibility Project Records
2004-2012.0.84 cubic feet (2 boxes) of textual materials plus 83.8 GB of digital files.
The CGT is affiliated 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 ...
, and hence the International Trade Union Confederation.
References
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Trade unions in Honduras
International Trade Union Confederation
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