by Ferran Aisa · Entre Ambos · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416379156
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This book tells the story of the struggle for the eight-hour workday, a titanic effort by the organized labor movement since the times of the First International. It focuses on the history of the National Confederation of Labor (CNT) from 1910 to the Sants Congress of 1918, highlighting the organization of unique unions and the anarcho-syndicalist principles of direct action, federalism, solidarity, and mutual support. In addition, it explores the participation of working women in the pursuit of equal conditions. The local conflict of the Canadiense in Catalonia became a key symbol for the new unions of the CNT, culminating in the signing of the Royal Decree of the eight-hour day on April 3, 1919, under the government of the Count of Romanones. The work also addresses the intransigence of employers and the repression suffered by workers.
