SITRANDE Symbol
''SITRANDE'', short for ''Sindicato de Trabajadores de la ANDE'' ('ANDE Workers Trade Union'), is a trade union of employees of ANDE (the National Electricity Administration) in Paraguay. In 2023, Adolfo Villalba is the elected general secretary of the union. The slogan of SITRANDE is 'la Fuerza de la Unidad' ('The Force of Unity'). Affiliations SITRANDE was one of the unions that broke away from Central Unitaria de Trabajadores (CUT) in 1998, and formed the new trade union centre CUT-A.Coronel Prosman, p. 243 SITRANDE is a member of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions. SITRANDE is also affiliated to FETRASEP, the national Federation of Energy Sector Workers (''Federación de Trabajadores del Sector Energía del Paraguay'', founded in 2005). FETRASEP in turn is affiliated to Public Services International.Coronel Prosman, p. 20 SITRANDE played an important role in organizing cooperation between energy sector unions in the Mercosur regi ...
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Trade Union
A trade union (labor union in American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers intent on "maintaining or improving the conditions of their employment", ch. I such as attaining better wages and benefits (such as holiday, health care, and retirement), improving working conditions, improving safety standards, establishing complaint procedures, developing rules governing status of employees (rules governing promotions, just-cause conditions for termination) and protecting the integrity of their trade through the increased bargaining power wielded by solidarity among workers. Trade unions typicall