CGT | |
Location Country: | Brazil |
Affiliation: | ITUC, ORIT |
Full Name: | General Confederation of Workers |
Native Name: | Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores |
Founded: | March 23, 1986 |
Headquarters: | São Paulo, Brazil |
Key People: | Canindé Pegado, general secretary |
Website: | www.cgt.org.br |
The Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores (General Confederation of Workers, CGT) is the second-largest federation of labor unions in Brazil. Founded in 1986, the CGT is close to the centrist Party of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (PMDB).