Collective Labor Movement

Collective Labor Movement

The Collective Labor Movement (abbreviated CLM) was a trade union centre in the Philippines. CLM was founded in 1938. It consisted of 76 radical and liberal trade unions.[1] It represented a regroupment of the leftist sectors of the Filipino trade union movement.[2] CLM was the largest labour organization in the country in the years in the run-up to the Second World War.[3]

Shortly after the May Day celebrations of 1938, 25 trade union leaders met in Manila and agreed to form the CLM as a united organization. The founding meeting of CLM was held on June 26, 1938. 3,000 workers participated in the conference.[1] Unions represented included Katipunan ng mga Anak-Pawis sa Pilipinas, Katipunang Pambansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Pilipinas, Federacion Obrera de Filipinas, Aguman Ding Maldang Tagapagobra, National Labor Union, National Employment Council, National Labor League, Philippine Chinese Labor Federation and Federacion Obrera de Industria Tabaquera de Filipinas.[2] The movement was inspired by the U.S. Congress of Industrial Organizations.[1] The platform of CLM the advocated immediate and full independence of the Philippines, exposure of racketeering union officials, support of the Social Justice program of the Filipino government.[4]

Jose M. Nava was elected president of CLM at its founding meeting, whilst Guillermo Capadocia became the executive secretary of the CLM. Other presidium members were Isabelo Tejada, Pedro Abad Santos, Mateo del Castillo, Juan Feleo, Luis Taruc, Pedro G. Castro, Antonio Paguia, Manuel Palacios, Manuel R. Joven, Mariano Ponce, Florentino Tecson, Mariano P. Balgos, Rufo Covacha, Luis Pilapil and Luis Adriano.[3][2]

Soon after the foundation of CLM, right-wing trade union leaders began to condemn the organization as controlled by communists.[5] In response to the founding of the CLM, the anti-communist trade unionists organized a convention in August 1938.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kurihara, Kenneth K. Labor in the Philippine Economy. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 1945. pp. 74-76
  2. ^ a b c Guevarra, Dante G. History of the Philippine Labor Movement. Sta. Mesa, Manila: Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, 1991. p. 61
  3. ^ a b http://www.nhi.gov.ph/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=424
  4. ^ a b Dennison, Eleanor. Philippine Labor under the Commonwealth, in Far Eastern Survey, Vol. 7, No. 24 (Dec. 7, 1938), pp. 277-282
  5. ^ Kurihara, Kenneth K. Labor in the Philippine Economy. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 1945. p. 79

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