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The National Workers' Union (Portuguese: União Operária Nacional; [a] UON) was a Portuguese trade union federation.Established by a coalition of syndicalists and socialists, in the wake of a strike wave that followed the 1910 revolution, the UON was the first trade union centre to unite workers across different industries from throughout the country.
The General Union of Workers (UGT) is a national trade union center in Portugal. It was formed in 1978 and has a membership of 400,000. It is traditionally influenced by the Socialist Party. The UGT is affiliated with the International Trade Union Confederation, and the European Trade Union Confederation.
The General Confederation of the Portuguese Workers (Portuguese: Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores Portugueses or CGTP) is the largest trade union federation in Portugal. It was founded informally in 1970, emerged publicly after the Carnation Revolution in 1974 and was legalised the following year by the National Salvation Junta .
In the United States, union membership had declined by 14%. [4] In 2008, 12.4% of U.S. wage and salary workers were union members. 36.8% of public sector workers were union members, but only 7.6% of workers in private sector industries were. [5] The most unionized sectors of the economy have had the greatest decline in union membership.
WorldSkills International, formerly known as the International Vocational Training Organization (IVTO), was founded in the 1940s with the goal of creating new employment opportunities for young people in some of the economies that were devastated by the Second World War. [7] [8] [9] It operates in 85 countries and regions. [10]
Portugal is one of the five countries that best protect workers' rights, indicates a study released by Binghamton University in New York State. U.S. study: Portugal in world top five for best ...
Vocational training centers were set up in 78 DP (Displaced Persons) Camps in Germany, and nearly 85,000 people acquired professions and the tools they would need to rebuild their lives. Jacob Olejski , a Dachau survivor who had previously organized ORT in Lithuania , was the driving force behind ORT's revival in Germany.
This period also saw the rise of the state-linked trade union movement. During the military dictatorship (1964-1985), unions were repressed and many union leaders were persecuted, arrested or exiled due to the anti-communism of the government at the time. However, the period also witnessed worker resistance, with strikes and demonstrations.