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008			060124s1992 000 0 eng d
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040			_erda
050			_aHD 8712.U55 _b.Sco83 1992
100			_aScott, William Henry _934433
245		4	_aThe union obrera democratica : _bfirst Filipino labor union / _cWilliam Henry Scott.
264			_aQuezon City : _bNew Day Publishers, _c[1992].
300			_a85 pages _c22 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
520			_aWhat 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.
650			_aLabor leaders _zPhilippines. _2sears _9114635
650			_aLabor movement _zPhilippines. _2sears _9100242
650			_aUnion obrera democratica _zhistory. _2sears _9125280
942			_cIRC
999			_c89005 _d89005