Latin-American power station of the workers

The Central Latinoamericana de Trabajadores (CLAT - Latin-American Power station of the workers) is the trade-union regional organization of the world Confédération of work in Latin America. Within the framework of the international Trade-union confederation, it must amalgamate with the inter-American Regional organization of the workers of the international Confédération of the free trade unions before the end of 2007.

History

First contact Latin-American of the CISC (1951-1954)

During the meeting of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations to Santiago of Chile, Gaston Tessier president of the international Confédération of the Christian trade unions contacts first Latin-American trade unionists of inspiration catholics. The CISC decides to install with Bogota a service of trade-union documentation and information, directed by Georges Kibédi. At the time of its council of Vienna 21 November 23rd, 1951, the CISC approves the adhesion of four Latin-American power stations.

Creation with the emancipation (1954-1959)

December 8th, 1954, the international Confédération of the Christian trade unions creates the Latin-American Centrale Christian trade unions with Santiago of Chile in the presence of the representatives of 12 countries. It is the result of the action of the new militants of the catholic Action and the Christian working Jeunesse which wanted to leave conservatism and paternalism. If the CLASC quickly lays down its own orientation compared to the CISC, it remains influenced by the Christian Democrat such as the door the Chilean leader Eduardo Frei Montalva, it is directed besides by Chilean the Jose Goldsack.

The Congress of Quito and the assertion of a revolutionary way (1959-1968)

In 1959 at the time of sound troisème congress to Quito, the CLASC chooses an orientation wanting to be " Révolutionnaire" and " Pacifique" , under the influence of a new leadership team carried out by Argentinian the Emilio Maspero. That appears by more offensive trade-union fights, in particular in Colombia, but also by the support for the government of the popular Unité of Salvador Allende to the Chile. In 1967, the CLASC decides to transfer its seat to Caracas, while at the same time it is established relatively little in the trade unions Venezuelans. The CLASC is also of those which with the democratic French Confédération of work push with the deconfessionnalisation of the CISC which becomes the world Confédération of work in 1968, the CLASC renaming itself Latin-American Centrale workers (Central Latinoamericana de Trabajadores).

An always minority organization

In spite of its activism, and its will to trace a third way, the CLAT remained minority throughout its existence, on 21 million Latin-American trade unionists, in 1980, it organized only one million of it, far behind the permanent Congrès of trade-union unit of the workers of Latin America and the Caribbean and especially far behind the inter-American Regional organization of the workers. The organizations which it gather are all minority (except in certain islands of the the Caribbean), including in zones or the Christian Democrat is traditionally powerful politically, like the Chile or the Venezuela. Simultaneously with the negotiations with the international level, the CLAT starts in the Nineties of the discussions with the ORIT to arrive to a fusion within the framework of the international Trade-union confederation in 2007.

See too

External bonds

Site of the CLAT

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