Regional Workers' Federation of Chile

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The Regional Workers' Federation of Chile (Spanish: Federación Obrera Regional de Chile; FORCh) was a Chilean anarcho-syndicalist trade union federation established by resistance societies in Santiago and Valparaíso in October 1913. Soon after its formation, it led a general strike in support of a rail workers' strike, which won demands for shorter working hours and higher wages for several of its unions, although the rail workers' strike itself failed. During a subsequent economic depression, it formed tenants unions and soup kitchens to combat the rising cost of living, and led protests against fare hikes. In 1917, it was reorganized into the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), which became the main Chilean anarcho-syndicalist organization during the early 1920s.

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