General Workers Central

CGT
Full name General Workers Central
Native name Central General de Trabajadores
Members 65,000
Affiliation ITUC
Office location Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Country Honduras

The General Workers Central (Spanish: Central General de Trabajadores; CGT), also known as the General Workers Confederation and the General Confederation of Labor, is a national trade union center in Honduras. It is traditionally associated with the National Party of Honduras.

When, in January 2009 two Honduran factories (Hugger and VisionTex) that were part of Nike, Inc.'s supply chain went bankrupt and closed, the CGT of Honduras claimed that Nike bore some of the responsibility for providing terminal compensation, benefits and priority rehiring for 1,800 factory employees.[1]

The CGT is affiliated with the World Confederation of Labor, and hence the International Trade Union Confederation.

References

  1. Brand Responsibility Project Records 2004-2012.0.84 cubic feet (2 boxes) of textual materials plus 83.8 GB of digital files.


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