Central del Movimiento de Trabajadores Costarricenses
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The Central del Movimiento de Trabajadores (CMTC) is a trade union
centre in Costa Rica
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Originally created as the Federation of Christian Workers and Peasants of Costa Rica in 1964, it became the Central de Trabajadores Costarricenses in 1972, and the CMTC in the 1990s.
It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation
.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
centre in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
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Originally created as the Federation of Christian Workers and Peasants of Costa Rica in 1964, it became the Central de Trabajadores Costarricenses in 1972, and the CMTC in the 1990s.
It is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation
International Trade Union Confederation
The International Trade Union Confederation is the world's largest trade union federation. It was formed on November 1, 2006 out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour...
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