This website uses cookies, you can see our cookie policy, here If you continue browsing you are accepting it To accept Cookies policy + "From the tree to your house" Castilian Valencian German French English Partner Access About Copal History Facilities Organization chart Services Products Variety Catalog Trademarks Traceability Quality Environment Contact and location News You are in: Start About Copal History History 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 On January 5, 1919 .- Under the prior initiative and encouragement of the then Parish Priest, Mr. Enrique Pérez Thous and the Vicar, Mr. Rafael Ferrandis Villanueva, it was convened and met at the premises of the Board of Trustees - granted bychurch- an assembly of farmers. After the exposition of reasons by the reverend Mr. Cura and the intervention of almost all attendees, the constitution of the CATHOLIC AGRICULTURAL SINDICATE OF ALGEMESÍ was agreed, its Regulations were also approved and its representatives were appointed and elected. The constitutional act was signed by 34 attending partners. At the end of the year, the number of members was already 1,557, almost a third of the agricultural population of Algemesí. February 13, 1919 - Begins its activitiesthe sectionof Credits and Savings of the Union, agreeing to grant various loans. The first to provide the capital necessary for these loans were the President of the entity, Mr. José Machí Carrasco, and the Vice-president of the Supervisory Council, Mr. José Belenguer García. By the end of the year, 591 loans had been granted. February 18, 1919 - The first purchase of fertilizers is agreed, acquired on credit throughthe Valencian Federation of Agricultural Unions. February 27, 1919 - It is agreed to hold the sessions ofboard directive "every Tuesday of the year", a rule that, except for specific cases, subsists today. On March 2, 1919 - In one of those Boards and in view of the abuse and exploitation to which the agricultural laborers were subjected, the Union elaborates a schedule of wages for the different tasks in the field, which is unanimously accepted by workers and employers . March 9, 1919 - The second purchase of fertilizers is agreed, this time with a considerable volume (400,000 Kg.) From this purchase, it is decided to tax all merchandise with 1%, in order to form a fund for the acquisition of land and its subsequent distribution, by lottery, among the day laborers who did not have any property. El 4 de mayo de 1919 – Se acuerda retribuír los servicios de un administrativo-cajero-contable, que será el primer empleado del Sindicato. Actualmente la Cooperativa da trabajo a unas 2.000 personas en plena campaña. El 5 de noviembre de 1919 – Se acuerda la creación de una Sección de Consumo, para el abastecimiento de artículos a los socios. Seis años después fue disuelta. Actualmente en la Sección de Suministros y Servicios, los socios disponen de un Supermercado. El 5 de diciembre de 1919 – Celebra este Sindicato su primera Asamblea General después de su fundación. Entre otros, se acuerda la aportación de un millón de kilos de arroz, por los socios cosecheros, a la Federación Valenciana of Agricultural Trade Unions, for its commercialization in a cooperative regime and designating the partner Mr. Bernardo Girbés Naval, to be part of board from the Federation. ABOUT COPAL History Facilities Organization chart Services PRODUCTS Variety Catalog Trademarks Traceability Quality ENVIRONMENT CONTACT AND LOCATION NEWS Copyright © COPAL. All rights reserved. Developed by IECISA Privacy Policy