The Unión del Trabajo de Filipinas was a
trade union confederation in the
Philippines. It was formed, with support of the U.S. administration of
William Howard Taft, as a substitute for the defunct
Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina. The UTF was modelled after the
American Federation of Labor
The American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) was a national federation of labor unions in the United States that continues today as the AFL-CIO. It was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1886 by an alliance of craft unions eager to provide mutu ...
, and represented a much more moderate political line than its predecessor.
[Guevarra, Dante G. ]
History of the Philippine Labor Movement
'. Sta. Mesa, Manila: Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, 1991. pp. 23, 25-26 Lope K. Santos
Lope K. Santos (born Lope Santos y Canseco, September 25, 1879 – May 1, 1963) was a Filipino Tagalog-language writer and former senator of the Philippines. He is best known for his 1906 socialist novel, '' Banaag at Sikat'' and to his contrib ...
, head of the union at the Katubusan Cigar and Cigarette Factory, was the president of the UTF.
Political rivalries led to the dissolution of UTF in 1907.
[Halili, Christine N. ]
Philippine History
'. Manila: Rex Book Store, 2004. p. 197
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