The National Union of Angolan Workers (UNTA) is a national

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 of

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. The UNTA was organized first in the

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, in the 1960, and moved to Angola after independence in 1975. It is led by Manuel Viage as general secretary. The UNTA is closely linked to the

Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, Abbreviation, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan left-wi ...

(MPLA).

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