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Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon, or LKP, is an umbrella group of approximately trade union

Trade union

A trade union, trades union or labor union is an organization of workers that have banded together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its leadership, bargains with the employer on behalf of union members and negotiates labour contracts with...

s and social movements in Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...

, which spearheaed the general strike

2009 French Caribbean general strikes

The 2009 French Caribbean general strikes began in the French overseas region of Guadeloupe on 20 January 2009, and spread to neighbouring Martinique on 5 February 2009. Both islands are located in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean...

beginning in January 2009.

Name

The name of the umbrella group comes from the local Antillean Creole

Antillean Creole

Antillean Creole is a creole language with a vocabulary based on French. It is spoken primarily in the Lesser Antilles. Its grammar and vocabulary also include elements of Carib and African languages. Antillean Creole is related to Haitian Creole, but has a number of distinctive features; they are...

language. The Liyannaj Kont Pwofitasyon (LKP) is translated to "Stand up against exploitation" in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

or the "Collectif contre l'exploitation outrancière" in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

Constituents of LKP

ADIM
AFOC
AGPIHM
AKIYO
AN BOUT AY
ANG
ANKA
ASSE
ANBT
Association Liberté Egalité Justice
CFTC
Confédération Française des Travailleurs Chrétiens
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CGTG
Confédération générale du travail de Guadeloupe
Confédération générale du travail de Guadeloupe is a trade union centre in Guadeloupe. CGTG was founded in 1962, as the Guadeloupean federation of the French Confédération générale du travail became an independent centre...
CNL
Combat Ouvrier
Comité de l'Eau
Convention pour une Guadeloupe Nouvelle
COPAGUA
CSFG
CTU
Espérance Environnement
FAEN SNCL
Force Ouvrière
Force Ouvrière
The General Confederation of Labor - Workers' Force is one of the five major union federations in France. In terms of following, it is the third behind the CGT and the CFDT....
FSU
GIE SBT
KAMODJAKA
KAP GWADLOUP
Les Verts
The Greens (France)
The Greens were a Green political party to the centre-left of the political spectrum in France. They had officially been in existence since 1984, but their spiritual roots could be traced as far back as René Dumont’s candidacy for the presidency in 1974...
MADICE
Mas Ka Klé
Mouvman NONM
PCG
Guadeloupe Communist Party
The Guadeloupe Communist Party is a political party in the French département d'outre-mer of Guadeloupe. The party has one seat in the French National Assembly in the group of the Socialist Party....
SGEP/SNEC
SOS B/Terre ENVIRONNEMENT
SPEG
SUD PTT GWA
SUNICAG
SYMPA CFDT
Travayè é Péyizan
UDCLCV
UIR CFTDT
UNSA
UGTG
UPG
UPLG
UMPG
Voukoum
SNUIPP
ADEIC

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