Amador's Failure Of The Labor Union

Consequently, the workers decided that they needed to form an employee union. Of course Amador was not happy about it and fought back by trying to form his own company union. Nonetheless by early 1971, the first employee (white-collar) union was formed. As the leftist union grew to 400, the company union dwindled and it was a sign that less and less workers were supporting and afraid of Amador. As expected, Amador did not respect the union leaders and mostly declined their requests. However, on March 1971 after winning a decisive union victory, the workers viewed themselves as more capable and powerful, as well as having more government support. It was after this victory that the leaders shifted “their sights from the control of their unions
Therefore, when the Popular Unity had a remarkable victory, to the left chileans it signified the directive to move towards the democratic road to socialism, which Allende had promised. This win gave the workers the inclination towards the opportunity of a revolution. As a consequence, many leftists wanted to accelerate the pace of things at a faster rate than the Popular Unity had anticipated. As mentioned before, the union leaders were ready to make a move in order to get their demands met, and their leaders respected by Amador Yarur. They had been fighting for their rights all these years, wanted to see further results, and the win had also given them a boost of confidence in the support of their movement. However, the government was not ready to reform the Yarur factory just yet, and asked them to wait. This really stunned the leaders of the union and left them feeling betrayed. They had fought for Allende to become president ,because they thought he would be on the worker’s side. Yet, his plan was too gradual and he viewed theirs as too
It seems that without the newer generation, the old-timers might have not built up the courage to speak against the boss. Yet, without the support of the old-timers the youngsters would not have had the numbers to win. Also, Allende’s presidency played such a huge role in this revolution, because it gave the leftist’s hope for change. They felt that the government would protect them, and it gave them the courage to change the union. Even though Allende was angry and unsupportive of the strike, he was finally convinced by his advisors to put an end to the strike by taking over Yarur. Many workers suffered and worked hard towards that day were they could feel liberated. It was a joyous moment of celebration and the beginning of