Unión de Impresores de Filipinas

The Unión de Impresores de Filipinas (Spanish, Printers' Union of the Philippines) was the first national trade union center in the Philippines. Established in 1906, it was a national union of all workers in the printing trade intended to consolidate them into a single confederation.[1]

Printers' Union of the Philippines
Unión de Impresores de Filipinas
PredecessorUnión Obrera Democrática
SuccessorCongreso Obrero de Filipinas
Founded1906 (1906)
Location
A Certificate of Membership (Katibayan ng Kaanib) of Union de Impresores de Filipinas circa 1918

History

The first labor union in the Philippines, called Unión de Litógrafos e Impresores de Filipinas[2] (Spanish, "Lithographers and Printers Union of the Philippines") was established in either December 1901[3] or in 1902 by Isabelo de los Reyes.[4] Not long after its founding, the members reorganized themselves into Unión Obrera Democrática.[2]

Hermenegildo Cruz is credited with conceiving the idea for a national trade union as a solution to the problems labor leaders were encountering in the consolidation of its members. In 1906, such a union for the printing trade, called Unión de Impresores de Filipinas, was established during a meeting held in Santa Cruz, Manila. Felipe Mendoza, a lithographer and Cruz's right-hand man, was elected president. Crisanto Evangelista, a typesetter, was Secretary-General; this was the first occasion Evagelista was associated with the labor movement as a leader. Ciriaco Cruz was indicated as an official, however his position is not mentioned in the records.[1]

See also

References
  1. Guevarra, Dante G. (1995). History of the Philippine Labor Movement. Rex Bookstore. p. 28. ISBN 971-23-1755-2.
  2. Halili, M.C. (2004). Philippine History. Rex Bookstore. p. 196. ISBN 978-971-23-3934-9.
  3. "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.
  4. Enriquez, Virgilio G. (1986). Philippine World-view. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 104. ISBN 9971-988-19-4.
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