União Geral dos Trabalhadores de Angola ('General Union of the Workers of Angola', abbreviated UGTA) was an Angolan trade union organization in exile. UGTA was founded in 1964 following a split away from Liga Geral dos Trabalhadores de Angola (LGTA), and was linked to the Council of the Angolan People (CPA, a small Kinshasa-based political movement). [1] [2] UGTA would later become aligned with UNITA. [2] [3]
UGTA was founded by the former LGTA leader Andre Martins-Kassinda. [4] As of December 1966 Paul Bing was the UGTA chairman, Bernardo Domingos the vice president, André Kassinda general secretary, Carlos Manuel Pacheco assistant general secretary and Mauricio Luvualu secretary for international relations. [5] UGTA was affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions and the All-African Trade Union Federation. [6]
UGTA joined hands with Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Angola and the Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores de Angola in denouncing the UNTA-led coalition CUACSA, following a CUACSA statement denouncing the other Kinshasa-based unions. [7]
In 1971 the then UGTA general secretary, Mauricio Luvualu, was handed over to the Portuguese by the Kinshasa government. [4] Luvualu was sentenced to forced labour. Upon his release in 1974 he founded a new trade union movement, Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Angola (CNTA). [8] UGTA merged with the CNTA at a congress held April 24–25, 1975, forming the Sindicato Angolano dos Camponeses e Operários (SINDACO). The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions was represented at the event. [2] [3] [9]
União Geral dos Trabalhadores de Angola ('General Union of the Workers of Angola', abbreviated UGTA) was an Angolan trade union organization in exile. UGTA was founded in 1964 following a split away from Liga Geral dos Trabalhadores de Angola (LGTA), and was linked to the Council of the Angolan People (CPA, a small Kinshasa-based political movement). [1] [2] UGTA would later become aligned with UNITA. [2] [3]
UGTA was founded by the former LGTA leader Andre Martins-Kassinda. [4] As of December 1966 Paul Bing was the UGTA chairman, Bernardo Domingos the vice president, André Kassinda general secretary, Carlos Manuel Pacheco assistant general secretary and Mauricio Luvualu secretary for international relations. [5] UGTA was affiliated to the World Federation of Trade Unions and the All-African Trade Union Federation. [6]
UGTA joined hands with Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Angola and the Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores de Angola in denouncing the UNTA-led coalition CUACSA, following a CUACSA statement denouncing the other Kinshasa-based unions. [7]
In 1971 the then UGTA general secretary, Mauricio Luvualu, was handed over to the Portuguese by the Kinshasa government. [4] Luvualu was sentenced to forced labour. Upon his release in 1974 he founded a new trade union movement, Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores de Angola (CNTA). [8] UGTA merged with the CNTA at a congress held April 24–25, 1975, forming the Sindicato Angolano dos Camponeses e Operários (SINDACO). The International Confederation of Free Trade Unions was represented at the event. [2] [3] [9]