Born from the merger of the continent's two largest transnational workers' organization, northern, central and southern American unions unite into a single confederation. This new Pan-American organization, which gathers 64 trade unions, represents more than 50 million workers, and wants to create a dynamic of unity in union struggle throughout the continent. (Ref. 080304)
Officially launched at the end of March in Panama, the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA), a regional branch of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), gathers unions from 26 out of the 32 countries on the continent. It was born from the merger between the ICFTU Inter American Regional Organization of Workers (CIOSL/ORIT) and the South American Trade Unions (CLAT). The two unions, until now the most representative on the American continent, started by winding up in an
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