Tags: Trade Union.
The Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela (CTV English: Confederation of Workers of Venezuela) is a federation of labor unions in Venezuela. It has close links to the Democratic Action party.The union federation has been a consistent and key opponent of Venezulean President Hugo Chávez. In the year 2001 two years after his first election to President Chávez’s government ordered the union federation to undertake its first-ever direct leadership elections.