The union obrera democratica : first Filipino labor union / William Henry Scott.

By:

Scott, William Henry

Material type: Text

TextQuezon City : New Day Publishers, [1992]Description: 85 pages 22 cmContent type:

text

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9711004887

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

HD 8712.U55 .Sco83 1992

Summary: What may technically be the first strike recorded in Philippine history was a work stoppage, or agricultural sabotage, by the people of Cebu in 1565. During planting season that year and the next, they left their fields unfilled in an attempt to starve the Spaniards out of the small fort to which they were pinned down. Though this communal action was probably not initiated by the farmers themselves but by their datu overlords, it illustrates the classic principle that no-workers are ultimately dependent upon the produce of workers. And the action would have been successful but for an equally classic principle of social behavior--the profit motive--when Manila merchants broke the strike by delivering rice at inflated prices.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Isagani R. Cruz Collection	Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center	HD 8712.U55 .Sco83 1992 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan		3IRC0000006277

What may technically be the first strike recorded in Philippine history was a work stoppage, or agricultural sabotage, by the people of Cebu in 1565. During planting season that year and the next, they left their fields unfilled in an attempt to starve the Spaniards out of the small fort to which they were pinned down. Though this communal action was probably not initiated by the farmers themselves but by their datu overlords, it illustrates the classic principle that no-workers are ultimately dependent upon the produce of workers. And the action would have been successful but for an equally classic principle of social behavior--the profit motive--when Manila merchants broke the strike by delivering rice at inflated prices.

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