Nicaraguan Workers' Centre Explained

CTN
Location Country:Nicaragua
Affiliation:ITUC
Full Name:Nicaraguan Workers' Centre
Native Name:Central de Trabajadores Nicaragüenses
Founded:1962
Headquarters:Managua, Nicaragua
Key People:Carlose Huembes, secretary general

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2005 . Trade Unions of the World . ICTUR . International Centre for Trade Union Rights . etal . 6th . John Harper Publishing . London, UK . 0-9543811-5-7.