Workers' Federation of Chile
Federación de Trabajadores de Chile | |
| Abbreviation | FTCh |
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| Successor | Regional Workers' Federation of Chile |
| Established | June 1906 |
| Dissolved | May 1908 |
| Type | Trade union federation |
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| Members | 10,000 (1907) |
Main organ | El Alba |
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The Workers' Federation of Chile (Spanish: Federación de Trabajadores de Chile; FTCh) was a Chilean anarchist trade union federation. It was established in 1906 by a number of resistance societies, which had grown in strength during the early 1900s. It coordinated strikes, solidarity actions and mutual aid, while prohibiting any political activism within its ranks. In mid-1907, the FTCh called a general strike in solidarity with striking rail workers, but it ultimately collapsed due to a lack of coordination between different industries. Crackdowns against union activity by employers and the government caused many unions to break up, leading to the dissolution of the FTCh in mid-1908. Resistance societies were later re-established in the 1910s, culminating with the establishment of a Chilean branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW).