Sindicato de Trabajadores de la Industria de la Bebida y Similares (Spanish

Spanish language

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 for Union of Beverage and Related Industry Workers) is a trade union

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...

 in Honduras

Honduras

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 founded in 1959. It is affiliated to FUTH, a trade union congress, and internationally to the IUF. STIBYS is working together with other left-wing organizations in the CNRP (National Coordination of Civil Resistance) and has been active in the resistance against the 2009 Honduras coup d'etat.

The current general secretary of STIBYS is Carlos Humberto Reyes

Carlos Humberto Reyes

Carlos Humberto Reyes is leader of the trade union STIBYS in Honduras, a coordinator of the Frente Nacional de Resistencia contra el Golpe de Estado en Honduras and was an independent candidate for the 2009 Honduran presidential election before pulling out on November 9...

, who is standing in the November 2009 elections

Honduran general election, 2009

The Honduran general election, 2009 was held in Honduras on 29 November 2009, including presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Voters went to the polls to elect:*A new President of Honduras to serve a four-year term starting January 27, 2010....

as an independent presidential candidate.