The Confederation of Honduran Workers (, CTH) is the largest

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 ...

Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...

. It was formed in 1964. The CTH is affiliated with the

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History

The CTH was formed ten years after the legalization of trade unions in Honduras after a successful strike in 1954. In 1964,

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sponsored the creation of CTH, which received financial support from the United States. The CTH supported the regime of

Oswaldo López Arellano Oswaldo Enrique López Arellano (30 June 1921 – 16 May 2010) was a Honduran politician who twice served as the President of Honduras, first from 1963 to 1971 and again from 1972 until 1975. Early life Lopez was born in Danlí to Enrique Ló ...

during the

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in 1969. In 1971 the CTH promoted the creation of a coalition government of Honduras' two dominant political parties under president

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of the

National Party of Honduras The National Party of Honduras (PNH; ) 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 the country. The party's platform ...

. This government failed, and when López Arellano returned to power in a military coup amidst social crisis in December 1972, CTH became an important part of his power base.Caroline Boussard: Crafting Democracy. Civil Society in Post-Transition Honduras, Lund 2003

References

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