Condiciones generales que han promovido el declive de la sindicalización en Colombia

Abstract

The aim of this research is to make a brief historiographic account of unionism in the world; beginning in England which turns out to be the country that promoted capitalism through the economist Adam Smith and communism by renowned thinkers such as Frederick Engels and Karl Marx who, despite being of Jewish origin and born in Germany, was one of the founders of the workers uprising in England and that such a movement is still recognized today. Subsequently, review the arrival of unionism in Latin America, so that it finally focuses on Colombia. All of the above, in order to understand and understand the motives promoted by the labor movements in Colombia, which aspects generated the decline of unionism in the country and the actions of the Colombian State, in the face of this phenomenon; that is, if there was a contribution or deterioration in the conditions of union protection, through the regulatory framework, including the constitution from 1845 to the 1991 constitution.