Nicaraguan Workers' Centre

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CTN
Full nameNicaraguan Workers' Centre
Native nameCentral de Trabajadores Nicaragüenses
Founded1962
Affiliation ITUC
Key people Carlose Huembes, secretary general
Office location Managua, Nicaragua
Country Nicaragua

The Nicaraguan Workers' Centre (CTN) is a national trade union center in Nicaragua. It was formed in 1962 as the Nicaraguan Autonomous Trade Union Movement (MOSAN), and changed its name to the CTN in 1972.

ICTUR reports that members of the CTN were subject to detention without charge by the Sandinista government. [1]

The CNT is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation.

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References

  1. ICTUR; et al., eds. (2005). Trade Unions of the World (6th ed.). London, UK: John Harper Publishing. ISBN   0-9543811-5-7.