Clotario was a labor unionist very
famous. Your complete name is Clotario Leopoldo Blest Riffo. He was born in
seventeen of November of 1899. He was son of a single mother together with your
sister and brother, so we can say that Clotario’s family had a precarious
economic condition, for this reason Clotario thanks for a scholarship can study
in a seminary where gain the catholic consciousness. Then he was a high school;
but the bad economic condition he must to work for the house, mother and
brothers.
Is in the work where knew to Luis Emilio
Recabarren, who show him the way to politic, from this moment Clotario beginning
to participate in a lot of organizations, where he contributed with the classist
view, but together with the Catholicism too. Clotario thanks for your jobs about
support and motivate to the working class, he become to be the most famous labor
unionist in Chile.
Thanks to Clotario is that in Chile
exist the ANEF, fiscal workers association, he was president of a fiscal
workers association for fifteen years. In parallel he worked for the worker’s joining
with the other persons, they manage to create the CUT, Unique Workers Central.
But he don`t only done this task, also compete for a fair church together for
the poor people. Also Clotario fight against the dictatorship in Chile, but he
done through of the pacifism.