COPE factory outlet
On April 11, 1988, workers of the COPE factory took over the facilities in protest against the company's refusal to negotiate their demands. After 50 days of occupation, they were violently evicted without achieving their demands, in a context of Shining Path infiltration of the trade union movement.
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 of the PCP-Sendero Luminoso into the trade unionism of the Carretera Central. The businessmen argued that the takeover was managed by extremist groups and published notices accusing that this was the cause of the non-compliance with the clients. After fifty days of an indefinite general strike with a seizure of the facilities, the workers were violently evicted, the leaders were fired, the union was disbanded and the workers were unable to get any of their demands met. The takeover had been previously announced at the CLOTCCC (Comité de Lucha de Obreros y Trabajadores Clasistas de la Carretera Central) plenary meeting.