El sindicalismo es producto de la Revolución industrial; y puede ser definido como una asociación o agrupación formada para la defensa de los intereses económicos y laborales de un grupo de trabajadores asalariados.
En Inglaterra aparecieron las primeras asociaciones de este tipo, las cuales reunían a sastres y tejedores que tenían como propósito fortalecer su posición frente a las grandes industrias.
En Colombia, el primer sindicato aparece en 1847 gracias a la creación de la Sociedad de artesanos de Bogotá, cuyo fin era el de presionar un alza en los impuestos de aduana para que los productos elaborados por ellos pudieran competir en igual de condiciones con los traídos de otros países. Esta lucha terminó mal para la Sociedad, pues sus reclamos se tornaron violentos, lo cual hizo que se desatase una guerra civil que dejaría miles de muertos, artesanos y campesinos en su gran mayoría. ellas los nuevos sindicatos; ello en un momento en el que en Colombia no existían leyes que los protegieran, ampararan o, por lo menos, los autorizaran, lo que hizo que todas sus manifestaciones, en especial las huelgas, no fueran tomadas en cuenta por el Gobierno; además, la mayoría de los miembros de los sindicatos eran despedidos de sus trabajos o encarcelados. Por todo lo anterior es que al ejercicio sindicalista en el país entre 1918 y 1930 se le denomino el sindicalismo heroico.
Luego de este desastre, no surgirían en el país agrupaciones sindicalistas sino tan sólo hasta después de la Primera Guerra Mundial; en ese momento aparecieron las primeras industrias en el país, y con
En el año de 1928 ocurrió uno de los episodios más terribles, significativos y recordados en Colombia: la Masacre de las Bananeras. En la zona bananera del Magdalena, la empresa estadounidense United Fruit Company contaba con mas de 25.000 trabajadores, los cuales no estaban conformes con su salario ni con las malas condiciones de trabajo, por lo que decidieron ir a la huelga. El 6 de diciembre, la compañía pidió a la fuerza publica que dispersara a todo el campesinado: más de 2.500 personas fueron dispersadas a sangre y fuego, dejando cientos de muertos y heridos, así como innumerables encarcelados.
Es durante el gobierno deAlfonso López Pumarejoque la lucha sindical comienza a ser respaldada por el Gobierno. En 1935 se fundó la primera central obrera: la CST (Confederación sindical de trabajadores), la cual, tres años más tarde, se convirtió en la Confederación de trabajadores de Colombia, formada por trabajadores liberales y comunistas.
El movimiento sindicalista en Colombia ha tenido muchas dificultades y obstáculos tanto en sus etapas de conformación como en las de consolidación. Algunas de éstas han sido:
- El despido de sus miembros por parte de los dueños de las empresas, ello buscando disolver el movimiento sindicalista.
- El exceso de legislación y la indebida intervención del Gobierno al interior de los sindicatos.
- La fragmentación del movimiento obrero en regiones, lo que ha desestimulado la formación de un movimiento sindical cohesionado a nivel nacional.
- La incursión de los políticos en los sindicatos, lo que no ha permitido un libre desarrollo en las asociaciones sindicalistas.
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The unionism is a product of the industrial Revolution; and it can be defined as an association or group formed for the defense of the economic and labor interests of a group of wage-earning workers.
In England there appeared the first associations of this type, which were assembling tailors and weavers who had as intention to strengthen his position opposite to the big industries.
In Colombia, the first union appears in 1847 thanks to the creation of the craftsmen's Company Whose end was of pressing a rise in the customs taxes in order that the products elaborated by them could compete in equally of conditions with brought of other countries. This fight ended badly for the Company, since his claims became violent, which did that there was coming untied a civil war that would leave thousands of dead men, craftsmen and peasants in his great majority.
After this disaster, union groups would not arise in the country but only even after the First World war; in this moment the first industries appeared in the country, and with them the new unions; it in a moment in which in Colombia there did not exist laws that were protecting them, they were protecting or, at least, they them were authorizing, which it did that all his manifestations, especially the strikes, were not taken in account by the Government; in addition, the majority of the members of the unions were dismissed of his works or imprisoned. For everything previous it is that to the union exercise in the country between 1918 and 1930 I name him the heroic unionism.
In the year of 1928 there happened one of the most terrible episodes, significant and remembered in Colombia: the Massacre of the Bananeras. In the zone bananera of the Magdalena, the American company United Fruit Company was counting with mas of 25.000 workers, which were consent neither to his salary nor with the bad conditions of work, for what they decided to go to the strike. 6 of In December, the company asked by force it publishes that it should disperse to all the peasantry: more than 2.500 persons were dispersed to blood and fire, leaving hundreds of dead men and wounded, as well as innumerable imprisoned.
It is during the government deAlfonso Lopez Pumarejoque the union fight begins to be endorsed by the Government. In 1935 the first working head office was founded: the CST (workers' union Federation), which, three years later, turned into the workers' Federation of Colombia, formed by liberal and communist workers.
The union movement in Colombia has had many difficulties and obstacles so much in his stages of conformation as in those of consolidation. Some of these have been:
- The dismissal of his members on the part of the owners of the companies, it seeking to dissolve the union movement.
- The excess of legislation and the undue intervention of the Government to the interior of the unions.
- The fragmentation of the labor movement in regions, what there is desestimulado the formation of an union united national movement.
- The incursion of the politicians in the unions, which has not allowed a free development in the union associations.
The unionism is a product of the industrial Revolution; and it can be defined as an association or group formed for the defense of the economic and labor interests of a group of wage-earning workers.
In England there appeared the first associations of this type, which were assembling tailors and weavers who had as intention to strengthen his position opposite to the big industries.
In Colombia, the first union appears in 1847 thanks to the creation of the craftsmen's Company Whose end was of pressing a rise in the customs taxes in order that the products elaborated by them could compete in equally of conditions with brought of other countries. This fight ended badly for the Company, since his claims became violent, which did that there was coming untied a civil war that would leave thousands of dead men, craftsmen and peasants in his great majority.
After this disaster, union groups would not arise in the country but only even after the First World war; in this moment the first industries appeared in the country, and with them the new unions; it in a moment in which in Colombia there did not exist laws that were protecting them, they were protecting or, at least, they them were authorizing, which it did that all his manifestations, especially the strikes, were not taken in account by the Government; in addition, the majority of the members of the unions were dismissed of his works or imprisoned. For everything previous it is that to the union exercise in the country between 1918 and 1930 I name him the heroic unionism.
In the year of 1928 there happened one of the most terrible episodes, significant and remembered in Colombia: the Massacre of the Bananeras. In the zone bananera of the Magdalena, the American company United Fruit Company was counting with mas of 25.000 workers, which were consent neither to his salary nor with the bad conditions of work, for what they decided to go to the strike. 6 of In December, the company asked by force it publishes that it should disperse to all the peasantry: more than 2.500 persons were dispersed to blood and fire, leaving hundreds of dead men and wounded, as well as innumerable imprisoned.
It is during the government deAlfonso Lopez Pumarejoque the union fight begins to be endorsed by the Government. In 1935 the first working head office was founded: the CST (workers' union Federation), which, three years later, turned into the workers' Federation of Colombia, formed by liberal and communist workers.
The union movement in Colombia has had many difficulties and obstacles so much in his stages of conformation as in those of consolidation. Some of these have been:
- The dismissal of his members on the part of the owners of the companies, it seeking to dissolve the union movement.
- The excess of legislation and the undue intervention of the Government to the interior of the unions.
- The fragmentation of the labor movement in regions, what there is desestimulado the formation of an union united national movement.
- The incursion of the politicians in the unions, which has not allowed a free development in the union associations.
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