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{{Short description|Peruvian labor movement}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Movement of Classist Workers and Laborers
| formation = {{start date and age|1976}}
| native name = Movimiento de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas
| native_name_lang = es
| purpose = labor movement
}}
The '''Movement of Classist Workers and Laborers''' (Spanish: ''Movimiento de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas'', '''MOTC''') was a [[Peru|Peruvian]] mass organization formed by the [[Shining Path|Communist Party of Peru-Shining Path]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=LA REGIÓN LIMA METROPOLITANA |url=https://www.cverdad.org.pe/ifinal/pdf/TOMO%20IV/SECCION%20TERCERA-Los%20Escenarios%20de%20la%20Violencia/Historias%20Regionales/1.5%20REGION%20LIMA%20METROPOLITANA.pdf}}</ref> It began in 1976 and was formalized into the Shining Path's united front in 1979. MOTC had the objective of recruiting urban [[Trade union|union workers]] for the party, however it mainly had a presence with [[Informal economy|informal]] and [[Migrant worker|itinerant workers]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=La violencia política en el mundo laboral peruano |url=https://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/debatesensociologia/article/download/2167/2098/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-23 |title=Memorias desde Némesis by P.C.P. - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/pcp_/docs/memoriasdesdenemesis |access-date=2023-09-29 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>

After the Chuschi attack, the MOTC initiated the first Shining Path attack in [[Lima]] with [[Molotov cocktail|molotov cocktails]] at [[San Martín de Porres District|San Martín de Porres]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Informe Final Tomo III - CVR |url=https://idehpucp.pucp.edu.pe/images/docs/tomo_iii.pdf}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Economy of Peru]]
* [[Ministry of Labor and Promotion of Employment]]

==References==
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[[Category:Shining Path]]
[[Category:1970s establishments in Peru]]
[[Category:1976 establishments in South America]]
[[Category:Communist front organizations]]
[[Category:Trade unions in Peru]]