Confederación General De Trabajadores Del Perú
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The Workers' General Confederation of Peru (in Spanish: ''Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú'' CGTP) is a
national trade union center Organizers within trade unions have sought to increase the bargaining power of workers in regards to collective bargaining by acting in collaboration with other trade unions. Multi-union organizing can take place on an informal basis, or on ...
in
Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
. It was formed in 1929 by
José Carlos Mariátegui José Carlos Mariátegui La Chira (; June 14, 1894 – April 16, 1930) was a Peruvian writer, sociologist, historian, journalist, politician, and Marxist philosopher. A prolific author despite his early death, El Amauta (from Quechua: ham ...
. The CGTP is the largest
trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...
federation in Peru, and is affiliated with the
World Federation of Trade Unions The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) is an international federation of trade union, trade unions established on October 3, 1945. Founded in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the organization built on the pre-war legacy of the Int ...
. In August 2013, the CGTP launche
a major online campaign
(hosted on LabourStart) together with other unions in Peru protesting the new civil service act.


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CGTP
official site. National trade union centers of Peru Trade unions established in 1929 World Federation of Trade Unions {{SouthAm-trade-union-stub