Unified Workers' Central
CUT Brazil was founded on 28 August, 1983 in the city of São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, during the First National Congress of the Working Class (CONCLAT).
CUT Brazil is a mass national trade union organization, autonomous and democratic, whose commitment is to protect the historical and immediate interests of the working class. Based on principles of equality and solidarity, its goals are to organize, represent and lead the struggle of workers from urban and rural areas, public and private sectors, active and inactive, for better living and working conditions and for a fair and a democratic society.
Present in all economic sectors of the country, CUT Brazil is the biggest national confederation in Brazil with 3.960 affiliated trade unions, 7.933.029 associated workers and represents 25.831.443 workers.