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Improved wages In relation to the higher living
The fixinginimum wage.ffective achievement of the U$ hour maximum work week, payment for the seventh day, vacations, payment for extra hours, and all the other minimum guarantees of the Labor Code and the other social guarantees of theevision and improvement of tbe social legislation, especially in the aspects whioh limit the right to strike, and to guarantee an effective freedom of the unions to organizebetter organization and functioning" of the Tribunales debsolute independence of the labor organizations from thefrom the employers. Thisonstant fight to maintain union independence from all forms of subjection, from the corporateof fascism, to the practical subjection by thehe struggle for labor union unity by means of intensive work
among the rank and file of the unions "in order toeeling of unity among the workers, this being the principal aid to the organic unity of the laborhe creationorkers* university and recognition of the obligation of the employers to create schools for technical training.
he prevention of unemployment by means of an industrial plan
put Into operation by the State and tariff protection for existing industries.
ffeetive "democratlsation" of the Guatemalan Institute for Social Seourity and tbe extension of social security to other areas of production,
U.)Fight for safe and healthful working conditions,
pposition to the intervention of tbe State's organs. the police) in labor conflicts.
ree labor organization for the workers of tbe State,
The following objectives for the improvement of the lives of the caapcsinos:
he right of the campesinos to possess the land upon which they work.and, until this can be achieved, low land rentals.
he incorporation of the canapesino massed into the economic, political, and social life of ihe nation by means of agrarian reform.
o promote the organization of campesinos into cooperatives
in order to raise production and improve living conditions. HO The extension of social security to the campesinos.eturn of the Lands to those caapesino communities which have
been despoiled of theirhe improvement in the sanitary conditions in the rural areas,
especially to confcat tho endemic diseases of the canpealno
population.
The recognition of the right of all campesinos to have the benefit of protection by the State, agricultural credit and other aids to agriculture.
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For tbe improvement of the indigenous populations j
he guarantee of communal lands belonging to Indianhe return of communal lands taken from the Indians by the
Latifundistas in pasthe liberation of Indian communities when these are enveloped by
latifundioa.
grarian reform must take into consideration the situation of the Indians with respect to their national characteristics and pa rson-alities.
ncorporation of the indigenous populations into the rest of the population by democratic procedings and equal opportunities for their development*
6.) The development of the indigenous economy, facilitating access to the markets, establishment of credit facilities, theof their industries, eto.
he establishmentational museum of Indian folklore.
For the artisans i
Stimulation of the cooperative organization of artisans with help from the State in order for them to pass into modern Industrialism.
isplaced artisans should be aided by the State in order to effect their transition to an industrial economy without undue hardship.
For white collar workers, teachers, students, and professionals:
he stimulation for the further developmentmiddle class",
heaper rents and the construction of public housing.
bsolute respect for the political ideas of public employees,
restricting this right only then their activities prejudice their effectiveness as servants of the State or sabotage thc work of the Revolution. All this should be guaranteedtatute for the public Employee.
For national capitalists:
Tbe developmentational capitalism by means of theof the capitalists with democratic principles. This point "should merit the special consideration of the State because of its importance to the economic liberation of the country".
It is in the interests of tbe nationocial class develop to substitute for the class of latif und istas who are responsible for the backwardness of theonomic and social life.
For the youth of Guatemala:
he construction of more schools, the elimination of quotas for
admission to the schools,heapening in the price of textbooks.
Tbe creation of agricultural grants to prepare caapesino youth.
he regulation of child labor, the recognition of their right to shorter hours and the creation of recreation centers for then.
For IM woman of Guatemala:
Tbe free tad equal access of wonso to all fields of activity
and their participation in the organs of tbemproved protection for the mother and tbe abandonedhe fight against prostitution by preventing tbe unemployment
of women.
qual vote for womem without restrictions of any nature. Tbs popular deaands:
he maintenance and extension of all democratic liberties.
he rejection of all kinds of abuses of power and limitation of
individual guarantees on the pretext of fighting oommunism.Strict application of the Constitutional principle which prohibits
the dlreot or indirect interference by the Church In the political
or labor affairs of thenergetic means to be taken against speculators who raise living ,
costs.
rice control of the primary necessities in order to alleviate
the hunger ofhe cheapening of the costs of light, electric power, water and
other publiche developmentational hospitalombat the causes of beggary and alcoholismolicy of
work andhe lowering of the prices of periodicals and the creation of
popular public libraries.
CuLtural demands:
la) The education of the poor chllaren as the basis for the economic
liberal, on of theigh salaries for teachers.
Education in the country ahould rest on national principles,
preventing tbe introduction of foreign institutions in the direction and administration of national educational affairs".
iteracy campaign for the Indians in their own languages, the development of alphabets in their languagesational program for rural education in these languages.
Schools must be strictly kept in the bands of the Laity.
6a) The continuation ofeducation by means of cultural
missions, theaters, mobile expositions, radio programs, concerts, etc.
For the development of tbe national economy:
he economic transformation of tho country should begin with
democratic agrarian reform which will be under the directionpeoial institution to carry out the following functions: The division of tho latifundols, including lands owned by the state, donating the lands to poor campesinos, mechanisation of agriculture, the opening of new regions tb cultivation, irrigation projects, diverslfioation of production, the administration of rural credit, etc.
lan and promote tbe Industrialisatloo of the country toward
national economic independence, beginning with the formation of an Institute for Industrial Production. "The industry will ba founded upon an expanded production of tbe raw materials of tha country which will facilitate agrarian reform, industrialisation will be sustained by national capital and foreign investments ruled from continuing to bold back our economic development and comprom -lsing the political independence of our country."evision of those concessions already in existence.
he stimulation of international trada of national products and the limitation of the importation of foreign articles wnich ara produced in the country.
he developmentuatemalan Merchant Marina.
anking policy which effectively offers credit to national industries.
he establishment of scholarships for the preparation of technicians. Under equal cireunstances, these should go to tbe sons of worksre.
he creation ofnational Coffee Institute to help preventln the market from adversely affecting the nation and the wages of the workers.
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