TheUnión de Impresores de Filipinas (UIF,English:Printers' Union of the Philippines) was one of the firstnational trade union centers in thePhilippines, along with theUnión Obrera Democrática Filipina. Established in 1906, it was a nationalunion of all workers in theprinting trade intended to consolidate them into a single confederation.^[1]

The firstlabor union in the Philippines calledUnion de Impresores (UI) was first established in June 1901 by a group ofprinters. Following the establishment of other similar unions within the printing business after the UI, the UI and these other unions were united as a single group and formed theUnion de Impresores de Filipinas (UIF) on either December 30, 1901^[2] or in January 1902 headed byHermenegildo Cruz.

The UIF was later renamed toUnion de Litografos y Impresores de Filipinas (ULIF) and eventually toUnión Democrática de Litógrafos, Impresores, Encuadernadores y Otros Obreros^[3] (in Spanish,lit. ''Democratic Union of Lithographers, Printers, Bookbinders and Other Workers'') withIsabelo de los Reyes joining.^[4] Not long after its founding, the members reorganized themselves intoUnión Obrera Democrática (later Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina) as atrade union federation, with de los Reyes as its first president.^[3]

Hermenegildo Cruz is credited with conceiving the idea for a national trade union center as an ultimate solution to the problems labor leaders were encountering in the consolidation of its members. Following the disintegration of the Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina, in 1906, such a union for the printing trade calledUnión de Impresores de Filipinas was re-established during a meeting held inSanta Cruz, Manila, this time as a confederation. Felipe Mendoza, alithographer and Cruz's right-hand man, was elected president.Crisanto Evangelista, atypesetter, wasSecretary-general; this was the first occasion Evagelista was associated with thelabor movement as a leader. Ciriaco Cruz was indicated as an official, however his position is not mentioned in the records.

In 1918, the UIF had an election and reshuffling of officers. Later on, the UIF became dormant and was quietly dissolved. The UIF was historically considered as a continuation of theUnión Obrera Democrática Filipina.^[1]

• Congreso Obrero de Filipinas
• Partido Obrero de Filipinas
• Unión Obrera Democrática Filipina

• Trade unions established in 1906
• National trade-union centers of the Philippines
• 1906 establishments in the Philippines

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