Unión de Impresores de Filipinas
Unión de Impresores de Filipinas | |
Predecessor | Unión Obrera Democrática |
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Successor | Congreso Obrero de Filipinas |
Founded | 1901/1902(as a labor union) 1906 (as a national trade union center/confederation) Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippine Islands |
Location | |
Key people | Hermenegildo Cruz Felipe Mendoza Crisanto Evangelista Ciriaco Cruz |
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The Unión de Impresores de Filipinas (UIF, English: Printers' Union of the Philippines) was one of the first national trade union centers in the Philippines, along with the Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina. Established in 1906, it was a national union of all workers in the printing trade intended to consolidate them into a single confederation.[1]
History
The first labor union in the Philippines called Union de Impresores (UI) was first established in June 1901 by a group of printers. Following the establishment of other similar unions within the printing business after the UI, the UI and these other unions were united as a single group and formed the Union de Impresores de Filipinas (UIF) on either December 30, 1901[2] or in January 1902 headed by Hermenegildo Cruz.
The UIF was later renamed to Union de Litografos y Impresores de Filipinas (ULIF) and eventually to Unión Democrática de Litógrafos, Impresores, Encuadernadores y Otros Obreros
Hermenegildo Cruz is credited with conceiving the idea for a national trade union center as an ultimate solution to the problems labor leaders were encountering in the consolidation of its members. Following the disintegration of the Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina, in 1906, such a union for the printing trade called Unión de Impresores de Filipinas was re-established during a meeting held in
In 1918, the UIF had an election and reshuffling of officers. Later on, the UIF became dormant and was quietly dissolved. The UIF was historically considered as a continuation of the Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina.[1]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 971-23-1755-2.
- ^ "The First Labor Day and other pre-World War II milestones in the workers' movement in the Philippines". National Historical Commission of the Philippines. September 6, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ ISBN 978-971-23-3934-9.
- ISBN 9971-988-19-4.