The Central Union of Workers (CUT; ) is a Leftist

trade union A trade union (British English) or labor union (American English), often simply referred to as a union, is an organization of workers whose purpose is to maintain or improve the conditions of their employment, such as attaining better wages ...

center in

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. It was formed in 1986, and is the country's largest union federation, with 546,000 members.American Center for International Labor Solidarity (2006)
Justice For All: The Struggle for Worker Rights in Colombia
, p11 ICTUR reports that nearly 800 members of CUT were murdered between 1987 and 1992. In 2000 a past president of CUT,

Luis Eduardo Garzón Luis Eduardo Garzón (nicknamed "Lucho") (born February 11, 1951, in Bogotá) is the former Mayor of Bogotá (2004–2007), a left-wing Colombian political activist and a former union leader. He is a former member of the Alternative Democratic P ...

was awarded the

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human rights award.*

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