Ettehadiyeh-ye Sendika-ye Kargaran-e Iran
Ettehadiyeh-ye Sendika-ye Kargaran-e Iran | |
اتحادیه سندیکای کارگران ایران | |
Merged into | Iranian Trade Union Congress |
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Founded | September 1946 |
Dissolved | 1951 |
Location |
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Members | 75,000 (claim, December 1947) |
Key people | Mehdi Sharif-Emami, Khosrow Hedayat |
Affiliations | ICFTU |
Ettehadiyeh-ye Sendika-ye Kargaran-e Iran (
Profile
The Tudeh Party sharply criticized the launching of ESKI, denouncing it as a '
In state companies, workers were obliged to join ESKI in order to keep their jobs. In other sectors, coercion and bribes were used to pressure workers to join ESKI.[2] The strength of ESKI was concentrated in railway plants, munition factories and the tobacco industry.[5]
However, ESKI had limited success. There was a distinct gap between official membership figures (as the largest union centre in terms of membership in the country at the time) and the number of genuine followers. ESKI leaders were generally not experienced labour organizers. In the analysis of the U.S. labour attache, William J. Handley, ESKI was in the hands of government functionaries who, in Handley's view, were 'socially illiterate'.[2]
On November 12, 1946, Tudeh mobilized a 24-hour general strike to condemn the murder of a railway worker. Tudeh accused ESKI of having hired thugs to carry out the assassination.[6]
Shift in leadership
When the Tudeh-led CUC was suppressed in May 1947, ESKI hoped to be able to fill the void, but such a breakthrough never occurred. ESKI was also caught up in the political intrigues between
Cooperation with EMKA
On August 30, 1947, ESKI,
Latter period
As of December 1947, ESKI claimed a membership of 75,000.[9]
At the first congress of ESKI, held in November 1949, 21 out of 36 delegates were engineers. Only two delegates were workers.[5]
At the labour congress held in February 1951, a new trade union centre called the Iranian Trade Union Congress was formed. Both ESKI and EMKA merged into the ITUC.[10] ITUC inherited ESKI's ICFTU membership.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Ladjevardi 1985, pp. 174–175.
- ^ Ladjevardi 1985, pp. 185.
- ^ a b Ladjevardi 1985, pp. 202.
- ^ a b c Abrahamian 1982, pp. 238.
- ^ Ladjevardi 1985, pp. 179–180, 182–183.
- JSTOR 44582778.
- ^ Ladjevardi 1985, pp. 297.
- ^ Ladjevardi 1985, pp. 188.