On February 27 and 28, a 48-hour national strike was called by the CGTP. The government's attitude towards the strike generated two tendencies: a hard line headed by the Minister of the Interior General EP Luis Cisneros Vizquerra, willing to punish the strikers; and a more flexible one headed by …
Taking advantage of the suspension of individual guarantees, Abimael Guzmán Reinoso was captured, but was quickly released. Apparently there was intervention by members of the Police Forces and the EP to expedite his release. This capture and release occurred in the context of the state of emergency declared after the …
On January 15, 1981, a general strike was called by the CGTP, CTP, and CNT in Peru. The strike was nearly total, with significant participation from the mining and metallurgical sectors, as well as many agro-industrial complexes. The strike highlighted the unity and strength of the labor movement in Peru …
On November 29, 1984, a national strike was called by the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) and the National Unitary Command of Struggle (Comando Nacional Unitario de Lucha). This strike took place in a context of intense political violence and escalation of the internal armed conflict in the country. …
On May 19, 1987, the first national strike of this period took place, called by the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), marking the end of the social truce that had characterized the first years of the APRA government. The outstanding feature of this strike was that it coincided with …
On May 19, 1987, a national strike was called by the General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP). According to the CVR report, this measure of force was moderately successful. The strike took place in the context of political and social tensions of the Alan Garcia Perez administration, in a year …
On January 28, 1988, a national strike was held in Peru, organized by the CGTP and the Asamblea Nacional Popular (ANP), which distanced itself from the ideology of the PCP-SL. Additional strikes occurred on July 19-20 and October 13 of the same year, maintaining a clear separation from PCP-SL's influence. …
During the national strike called by the CGTP on January 28, 1988, hooded members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso infiltrated the march that was taking place in the Dos de Mayo square. Their objective was to try to dynamite the CGTP premises and assassinate the leader of the Communist Party of …
The CGTP (left) and the CTP (aprista) held a joint meeting and called a national strike for January 28, 1988. The strike was not fully observed in Lima. During the national strike rally in Plaza 2 de Mayo, a confrontation took place between PCP-SL militants and CGTP and IU demonstrators. …
During the meeting of the national strike called jointly by the CGTP (left) and the CTP (aprista) on January 28, 1988, a violent confrontation took place between militants of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso and demonstrators of the CGTP and Izquierda Unida in Lima's Plaza 2 de Mayo. This national strike had …
During a national strike called by the CGTP, a group of approximately 40 hikers violently confronted demonstrators in the middle of Plaza Dos de Mayo. The objective of the attack was to attack Jorge del Prado, senator and leader of the United Left. This confrontation occurred in the context of …
The PCP-SL created the Comité de Lucha de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas de la Carretera Central (CLOTCCC) as part of its strategy of creating its own organizations in the trade union sphere. The creation was agreed upon in April 1988 by a hundred delegates from different union bases in the …
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso called for an armed strike that lasted from July 18 to 22, 1988. This armed strike was carried out parallel to the national strike called by the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers) scheduled for July 19 and 20. The armed strike was part of the actions …
On October 13, 1988, the peasants of the Callejón de Huaylas began a strike to demand lower prices for agricultural inputs. This mobilization took place in the context of a serious national economic crisis and coincided with a national strike called by the CGTP in protest against the economic measures …
On October 13, 1988, a national strike was called in the context of a serious economic crisis affecting the country. This strike was one of several carried out during 1988, a year in which the monetary devaluation accelerated, generating higher inflation and a fall in workers' real income. In September …
On October 21, 1988, the police entered the premises of the National Federation of Mine Workers and arrested 14 leaders. This police action took place in the context of a national strike called by the CGTP on October 13 in protest against the government's economic measures. In addition to the …
The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) called and carried out a general strike on December 1, 1988. This strike took place in the context of an economic and political crisis during the government of Alan García Pérez. The strike was part of the multiple protests and union mobilizations that …
On January 4, 1989, there was an attack by police forces against the Union of Workers of the Peruvian Telephone Company (CPT). The attack occurred while a union meeting was taking place at the union's premises. The workers had previously held a peaceful march in support of their wage demands. …
On February 8, 1989, seven people were shot and wounded during street demonstrations as part of a strike by state workers over salary demands. The workers were also protesting against the disappearance of customs leader Óscar Delgado Vera, who had been detained and allegedly disappeared by the National Police two …
On July 8, 1989, the National Police violently intervened with firearms and tear gas at an assembly being held at the premises of the Federation of Civil Construction Workers. The police intervention left one worker dead, identified as Manuel Maman Romeno, and four wounded by gunshot. This event was part …
On August 1, 1989, the National Police violently repressed a march of doctors who were on strike over labor demands. The repression was particularly brutal, using pellets to break up the demonstrations. The Medical Federation denounced more than fifty cases of workers who were blinded by the use of pellets …
Saturdino Calapuja Salazar, a member of the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), was kidnapped in December 1989 in Lima. After participating in a CGTP meeting, he was kidnapped and ill-treated. He was later found in an agonizing state in downtown Lima. This case is part of a series of …
On December 7, 1989, the Peruvian government ordered the prosecution of 300 doctors for their compliance with the strike maintained by their union. This was one of a series of violations of freedom of association documented by the CGTP during that year. The government measure took place in a context …
The General Confederation of Peruvian Workers (CGTP) called a general strike during August 1990, in the context of the recently initiated government of Alberto Fujimori. The strike had little acceptance among the population and did not succeed in paralyzing the country's activities. This strike took place at a time of …
On August 28, 1990, the PCP-SL called the fourth armed strike in protest against the package of economic measures known as the Fujishock. This strike coincided with that called by the CGTP, although with different political objectives.
On April 5, 1992, Alberto Fujimori executed a coup d'état. On April 6, union leaders of SUTEP and CGTP rejected and condemned the coup. The union premises remained surrounded by military and police. Days later, a leader denounced the disappearance of Olmedo Auris, who was forcibly removed from the union …
Juan Andahua Vergara was Secretary of Organization of the CGTP, Secretary General of the National Federation of Workers of Beverages and Soft Drinks and Secretary of Organization of the Coca Cola Workers Union. He was assassinated on August 3, 1992 in Lima. According to the report, he was allegedly murdered …
Pedro Huilca Tecse, General Secretary of the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), was assassinated on December 18, 1992 in Lima. It was initially assumed that the PCP-SL (Communist Party of Peru - Shining Path) was responsible. This assassination was part of a series of attacks against union leaders during …
Pedro Huilca, General Secretary of the CGTP (General Confederation of Peruvian Workers), was assassinated on December 18, 1992. This crime occurred in a context of extreme violence in Lima, where the subversive groups Sendero Luminoso and MRTA had intensified their terrorist actions. Huilca's murder was part of a series of …
Murder of Pedro Huilca, secretary general of the CGTP. The case is attributed to the Colina Group but the perpetrator has not yet been clearly identified.
On December 18, 1992, members of the Sendero Luminoso, a Maoist insurgent group, attempted to assassinate Pedro Huilca, the Secretary General of the CGTP, a major Peruvian labor union. The plan involved stealing a vehicle and using explosives, but was thwarted when two members of the group were arrested by …
Pedro Huilca Tecse, the Secretary General of the Confederación General de Trabajadores del Perú (CGTP), was assassinated on December 18, 1992. Prior to his assassination, he had attended the Annual Conference of Executives (CADE) and called for a national agreement addressing labor issues. His assassination followed a period of tension …
On January 23, 1997, the CGTP organized a significant popular mobilization demanding the government to amend its economic policies. The movement had notable impacts in Huaraz, Chimbote, and Talara, where a general strike was called by the municipality to protest the privatization of Petroperú. The tension surrounding the privatization was …
