Corriente de Integración Sindical
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Corriente de Integración Sindical (CIS) was a trade union
ist group in Colombia
, which functioned as the labour wing of the Workers Revolutionary Party.
In 1984 CIS entered into a cooperation with the legal structures of the National Liberation Army
(ELN) and the Revolutionary Integration Movement - Free Fatherland (MIR-Patria Libre). In June 1986 CIS was one of the organizations that founded ¡A Luchar!
, together with the legal fronts of ELN and MIR-PL.
Trade union
A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...
ist group in Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, which functioned as the labour wing of the Workers Revolutionary Party.
In 1984 CIS entered into a cooperation with the legal structures of the National Liberation Army
National Liberation Army (Colombia)
National Liberation Army is a revolutionary, avowed Marxist guerrilla group that has been operating in several regions of Colombia since 1964....
(ELN) and the Revolutionary Integration Movement - Free Fatherland (MIR-Patria Libre). In June 1986 CIS was one of the organizations that founded ¡A Luchar!
¡A Luchar!
¡A Luchar! a was political movement in Colombia, formed as a coalition of various progressive trade unionist and social movements.-Background:...
, together with the legal fronts of ELN and MIR-PL.