Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana

Confederación Sindical Latinoamericana was a Latin American revolutionary trade union confederation 1929-1936, being the Latin American branch of the Red International of Labour Unions. The affiliates of CSLA led significant labour struggles during the period 1935-1936.^[1]

Trade unions close to RILU had formed a Comité Pro Confederación Sindical in April 1928. Promiment backers of the initiative were CGTU, CGT of Brazil and CSUM. In September 1928, the committee issued a call for a continental conference. Prior to the official founding of CSLA, the committee organized a trade unionist conference against the Chaco War on February 25, 1928. The conference was held on the initiative of the Unión Obrera del Paraguay.^[1]

CSLA was officially founded in Montevideo, Uruguay, in May 1929. At the founding conference 10 national unions, 2 regional federations and 3 local federations participated, representing Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Guatemala, Venezuela, El Salvador, Panama, Brazil, Costa Rica, Argentina and Paraguay.^[1]

The executive committee of CSLA decided to disband the organisation in 1936, in order to enable the creation of a broader anti-fascist and anti-imperialist unity in the Latin American workers movement.^[2] This move reflected the new Popular Front policy of the Communist International. In 1938 Confederación de los Trabajadores de América Latina (CTAL) was formed as a continuation of CSLA.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Guerra, Sergio/Prieto, Alberto. Cronologia del movimiento obrero y las luchas por la revolución socialista en América Latina y el Caribe (1917-1939). Havanna: Casa de las Americas, 1980. p. 9-10
2. ^ Guerra, Sergio/Prieto, Alberto. Cronologia del movimiento obrero y las luchas por la revolución socialista en América Latina y el Caribe (1917-1939). Havanna: Casa de las Americas, 1980. p. 12
3. ^ Rubio, José Luis. Las internacionales obreras en América. Madrid: 1971. p. 63, 65