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"Terrorismo y Sindicalismo en Ayacucho" is a historical essay on a monographic subject. With respect to our earlier studies on the Peruvian labor movement, in this one we set aside …
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In June 1991, the Movimiento de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas (MOTC), a front organization of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso, initiated a wave of violence against the Tejidos La Unión factory in Ate Vitarte, assassinating company officials. This attack occurred after the PCP-SL failed in its attempts to win union leadership in …
Víctor Taipe Zúñiga, president of the National Federation of Mining, Metal and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP), was arrested on November 20, 1989. This arrest occurred in the context of the third national mining strike and the repressive measures implemented by the Peruvian State against the mining union movement. At …
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso called a class-struggle armed strike on July 20, 1989 in Lima, as part of a strategy to increase its presence in the capital and force the radicalization of the trade union movement. This strike was organized through organizations such as the Comité de Lucha de Obreros y …
The Second Ordinary National Congress of the National Federation of Mining, Metallurgical and Iron and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP) was held in a highly militarized and radicalized atmosphere. The great majority of the leaders present responded politically to organizations belonging to Izquierda Unida (IU), although there were also representatives …
On April 16, 1989, groups of heavily armed hooded men assassinated the secretary general of the Cerro de Pasco union. This assassination occurred in the context of a series of paramilitary attacks against leaders of the mining movement. The paramilitaries took advantage of the violence to stop the mining movement …
On April 5, 1989, groups of heavily armed hooded men assassinated the secretary general of the Morococha union. This assassination occurred in the context of a series of paramilitary actions against mining leaders during 1989. The crime took place shortly before a second strike called for the beginning of March, …
On February 13, 1989, in Lima, a paramilitary group assassinated mining leader Saúl Cantoral Huamaní and social worker Consuelo García. This crime occurred in the context of the political violence affecting the mining sector in the central region of Peru. The murder took place during a period of intense repression …
Saul Cantoral, president of the Mining Federation, was assassinated in San Juan de Lurigancho by the Rodrigo Franco Command, a paramilitary group. El Diario denounced this assassination as a sign of the genocide of the APRA government, although alluding mainly to the 1986 prison massacre. The miners' unions, in response …
Oscar Delgado, a Customs worker, was kidnapped and disappeared on December 14, 1988 in Lima. His disappearance was allegedly attributed to the National Police. Two and a half months after his arrest and disappearance, on February 8, 1989, street demonstrations took place during a strike of state workers protesting for …
On October 21, 1988, the police entered the premises of the National Federation of Mine Workers and arrested 14 leaders. This police action took place in the context of a national strike called by the CGTP on October 13 in protest against the government's economic measures. In addition to the …
The Comité de Lucha de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas de la Carretera Central (CLOTCCC) published its founding manifesto in a full-page article in the newspaper El Diario. This committee was formed in May 1988 after a plenary meeting of approximately 100 delegates from various trade union bases from the eastern …
On May 18, 1988, for the first time in the history of Peruvian mining unionism, the National Federation of Mining, Metallurgical and Iron and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP) presented a national list of demands to the State and the employers. This presentation took place after the federation held its …
The PCP-Sendero Luminoso summoned some 100 delegates from various trade union bases from the eastern cone of Lima to participate in the so-called First Plenary of Classist Workers of the Central Highway. At this event, the Comité de Lucha de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas de la carretera Central (CLOTCCC) was …
On April 11, 1988, the industrial community and the unions of workers and employees of the COPE factory formed a united front and took over the factory in response to the employers' refusal to negotiate their demands. The takeover occurred in the context of a labor conflict and the infiltration …
In March 1988, when the COPE union was preparing to discuss its list of demands, a woman murdered the company's industrial relations manager. This murder occurred in the context of a labor dispute at the factory, located on the Central Highway in Lima. Subsequently, in April 1988, the workers led …
During the national strike called by the CGTP on January 28, 1988, hooded members of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso infiltrated the march that was taking place in the Dos de Mayo square. Their objective was to try to dynamite the CGTP premises and assassinate the leader of the Communist Party of …
The National Federation of Mining, Metallurgical and Iron and Steel Workers of Peru (FNTMMSP) held its First Unitary Congress in August 1987, as part of a process of centralization and unification of the mining union movement. This congress was an important milestone that allowed the federation to subsequently present, on …
In February 1986, a strike of Centromín Perú workers was called and lasted until March of that year. This strike took place in a context of union division, when the APRA mining leaders had formed the FETIMMAP in August 1985 to compete with the FNTMMSP. The strike represented a test …
In February 1986, a strike was called by the workers of Centromín Perú which lasted until March of that year. This strike was a test of strength between the APRA mining leaders and the non-APRA sectors of the union. The context was the division of the FNTMMSP and the formation …
On December 23, 1985, the Peruvian government officially recognized FETIMMAP (Federation of Workers of the Mining, Metallurgical and Allied Industries of Peru). This federation had been formed on August 17, 1985 by mining union leaders close to the Partido Aprista Peruano (PAP), who split the FNTMMSP (Federación Nacional de Trabajadores …
On August 17, 1985, APRA mining leaders split the FNTMMSP (Federación Nacional de Trabajadores Mineros, Metalúrgicos y Siderúrgicos del Perú) and formed the FETIMMAP (Federación de Trabajadores de la Industria Minera, Metalúrgica y Afines del Perú). This split occurred after the PAP candidate won the presidential elections in 1985, and …