"Trade unions emerged as a response of workers to the most pernicious effects of the industrial revolution. The first trade unions were established in Western Europe and the United States in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century as a reaction to the developement of capitalism. In colombia the trade unions began since the first companies and factories were established but they became more important in the 1918-1920."1
"Most European Countries have serveral competing union confederations, ofeten divided in political grounds, although the ideological differences may subsequently have weakened. Union mergers continue to remake the trade union landscape, although generally within rather tha between confederations"2
The role that play the trade unions in Europe and Colombia are similar, after the economic crisis the european labor unions enforced their role and started to claim for their rights and their own interest.
References
1. Sindicato (n.d) retrieved on May 1st 2010 from, http://www.udistrital.edu.co/comunidad/dependencias/sintraud/SINDICATO.doc
2 L. Fulton (2009) Retrieved on May 1st 2010 from, http://www.worker-participation.eu/National-Industrial-Relations/Across-Europe/Trade-unions2
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I really like the way you introduce the topic you are talking about, in this case, trade unions. That helps readers to contextualize your comments. However, I disagree with you regarding the similarity between trade unions in Europe and Colombia. I think trade unions in Europe have gotten an objective approach and they are aware that their interests are not the only one in the economy of a country. Unfortunately, from my point of view, that is not the case in Colombia
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I like how you explain the topic before getting into the question becasue that helps the readers to understand what you are talking about
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