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Brave church philippine12/30/2023 ![]() The organization called for a national general strike on August 2, 1902, a day before the proclamation of the Philippine Independent Church, in protest of the refusal of the government to comply with the demands for increased wages for the workers. The rally demanded independence for the Philippines. The UOD organized a mass rally on July 4 (the Independence Day of the United States), 1902, with around 70,000 participants. The activities of UOD centered on improving the general welfare of workers and pushing for Philippine independence from the United States. Īccording to historian Melinda Tria Kerkvliet, the main goals of the organization were: "to improve working conditions through protective labor legislation locate work for the unemployed and assist their families provide free education for workers' children assist sick members and those in distress and emancipate workers through saving and related projects." Activities Except for Cruz, all the elected founding officers were "rich manufacturers and employers in Manila." The founding congress adopted the principles of two books, Vida e Obras de Carlos Marx ("Life and Works of Karl Marx") by Friedrich Engels, and Between Peasants by Errico Malatesta, as the political foundation of the movement. Isabelo de los Reyes was elected president of the organization, whilst Hermenegildo Cruz was elected secretary. Soon after its founding, and realizing to include other workers outside the printing business, the members of the then-ULIF reorganized themselves as a trade union federation and thus, the Unión Obrera Democrática (UOD, "Democratic Workers Union") was formally established on February 2, 1902, at a congress of "approximately 140 printers and lithographers and representatives from other guilds including those of tobacco workers, carpenters, cooks, tailors, shoeworkers, mariners, and laborers" gathered at Variedades Theater in Sampaloc, Manila. Shortly after, ULIF was later renamed again to Unión Democrática de Litógrafos, Impresores, Encuadernadores y Otros Obreros ("Democratic Union of Lithographers, Printers, Bookbinders and Other Workers") after Cruz approached Isabelo de los Reyes to seek advice in forming a workers' movement and cooperative store. Its first president was Hermenegildo Cruz. The organization was then called the Union de Impresores de Filipinas (UIF, "Printers' Union of the Philippines") which was later renamed to Union de Litografos y Impresores de Filipinas (ULIF). Similar unions were soon formed at other printing places in Manila, and on either Decemor in January 1902, a conference was held that united them in a single organization. ![]() In June 1901, the printers at the then-American-owned newspaper The Manila Times formed an industrial union, the Union de Impresores (UI), which was considered the first labor union in the Philippines. Its members were also the very first members of the Philippine Independent Church when it was proclaimed in 1902. At its peak, the Union Obrera Democratica had approximately 150,000 members in eight provinces of Luzon. In 1903, the organization counted 150 affiliated unions, with around 20,000 members in the Manila area. The organization had thirty-three affiliated trade unions as of 1902. The organization was considered as the first-ever modern trade union federation in the country composed of unions from various labor industries earlier labor groups had been more of mutual aid societies and guilds. The Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina ( UOD or UODF, English: Philippine Democratic Labor Union) was a trade union center in the Philippines. Unión Obrera Democrática (Democratic Workers Union)
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