COMMUNISM, TRADE-UNIONISM AND LABOUR LAW IN GREATER ROMANIA AND INTERWAR EUROPE
COMMUNISM, TRADE-UNIONISM AND LABOUR LAW IN GREATER ROMANIA AND INTERWAR EUROPE

Summary/Abstract: The Communist Parties of Europe appeared in the tumult resulting from the end of the First World War. Since their birth they became a branch of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which was the engine of the Communist International. Thus, the party leaders closely followed the Comintern s instructions. The communists tried to control the working class with the aid of the syndicates affiliated to or under the control of the Red International of Labor Unions. But they fought hard against the trade unions that were under the leadership of the Social - Democrat Union leaders. On the other hand, European countries have reacted by means of labor legislation aimed at improving the economic and socio-occupational situation of workers in order to prevent social convulsions. The Great Depression has stimulated the opening of labour conflicts, many of which have resulted in violent strikes and extensive social protest movements.

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