Pact of Union and Solidarity

The Pact of Union and Solidarity (Spanish: Pacto de Unión y Solidaridad; PUS), also known as the Federation of Resistance to Capital (Spanish: Federación de Resistencia al Capital; FRC), was a Spanish trade union federation that operated during the 1890s. Founded by Catalan collectivists and syndicalists within the existing Federation of Workers of the Spanish Region (FTRE), the PUS sought to unify trade unions around demands for the eight-hour day. It was a more decentralised organisation than the FTRE and permitted workers of all socialist schools of thought. Together with the Anarchist Organisation of the Spanish Region (OARE), in 1888, the PUS voted to dissolve the FTRE. It briefly continued organising as an independent trade union federation, but after a rise in anarchist terrorism provoked political repression by the Spanish state, its activities were limited. By 1893, it had largely stopped functioning. Following the arrest of hundreds of anarchists in the Montjuïc trial, it finally dissolved itself in 1896. After a resurgence in trade union activity, it was succeeded by the Federation of Workers' Societies of the Spanish Region (FSORE) in 1900.