The “Proposal for the transition to democracy” full text, prepared by the Unitary Central of Workers in April 1989, is presented. It systematizes
the programmatic definitions of the most representative organization of chilean trade unionism before the imminent return to democracy, after the plebiscite of 1988. The document shows the demands that will be the road map of the union movement during the next two decades, as well as the
early acceptation of several principles of the new economic model, and an emphatic disposition to dialogue for the construction of national tripartite
agreements with the State and the businessmen.
Keywords:
Chile, Transición democrática, Sindicalismo, Acuerdos tripartitos, Central Unitaria de Trabajadores, Neoliberalismo
Author Biographies
Sebastián Osorio L., Universidad de Santiago de Chile
Becario CONICYT en el Programa de Doctorado en Historia de la Universidad de Santiago desde 2017. Miembro del Centro de Investigación Político Social del Trabajo. Correo electrónico: sebastian.osorio@usach.cl
Rodrigo Araya Gómez, Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano
Profesor titular Escuela de Historia Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, investigador responsable proyecto Fondecyt N° 11180051.
Osorio L., S., & Araya Gómez, R. (2020). Trade union’s movement programme for the Chilean post-dictatorship. Cuadernos De Historia, (52), pp. 275–296. Retrieved from https://byzantion.uchile.cl/index.php/CDH/article/view/57546
