-
Acción Obrerista: Confessional Labor Organization in the Spanish Republic, 1931–36
- The Catholic Historical Review
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Volume 100, Number 4, Autumn 2014
- pp. 721-747
- 10.1353/cat.2014.0224
- Article
- Additional Information
- Purchase/rental options available:
During Spain’s Second Republic, Catholic political activists formed Acción Obrerista, a confessional political party for members of the working class. Its leaders aligned themselves with the largest Catholic political organization of the Republic. Many workers viewed Acción Obrerista as a tool used by employers to weaken the working class, and many middle-class Catholics wanted more control over the working-class movement. Acción Obrerista’s failure to allay these suspicions stunted its growth, and the Catholic movement replaced it with a nonpolitical labor movement. Its failure helped discredit confessional labor organization in Spain.