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and labourist political party in

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founded in 2013 by teamsters' union leader and former Secretary General of the CGT,

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. The party is closely allied with the

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, and presently forms part of the

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, the ruling coalition supporting President

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. It presently has minimal representation at the federal level, with Hugo Moyano's son,

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, serving in the

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since 2011 (and having been a member of CET since its foundation in 2013). Up until

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, Jorge Taboada, a member of the party, was National Deputy representing

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