Jorge Godoy Godoy

Jorge Godoy Godoy was a Chilean politician and union leader affiliated with the Communist Party of Chile. He served as Minister of Labor and Social Welfare from 5 July 1973 until the military coup on 11 September 1973.

Biography

As President of the CUT (Central Unitaria de Trabajadores), Jorge Godoy delivered a prominent speech on 1 May 1973 (“Lucha actual está planteada entre explotadores y explotados”), framing the struggle between workers and capitalists as central.

He was also featured in El Clarín in a 1973 article titled “Con unidad de trabajadores venceremos al fascismo…”, where he publicly called for worker solidarity against «reactionary and imperialist forces».

After the coup of 1973, newspaper Interferencia reports that Godoy was physically assaulted during the upheaval: “he appeared before us with his head bleeding… he had been beaten.”