Shop-floor Labor Organization in Argentina from Early Peronism to the "Proceso" Military Dictatorship

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Basualdo, Victoria
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2011
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This article focuses particularly on a key aspect of the Argentine labor movement that, in spite of its importance, has not been adequately examined by the existing historiography: the high degree of union structure penetration at the shop-floor level through means of shop-stewards and comisiones internas (CI). It argues that the extension and strength of shop-floor organization in the workplace and particularly in large-scale industrial factories was a central factor to explain the power of the working class in Argentina. Moreover, it contends that these shop-stewards and CI members not only were at the center of the conflict between labor and capital throughout the period, but that they also embodied tensions and contradictions within the industrial working class.The text is divided into three main sections. First, it provides a basic definition of shop-stewards and CI for the Argentine case. Second, it briefly analyzes the history of these bodies, from the 1940s to the 1980s, taking into account the most important structural transformations during this period, in particular the transition from an economic model driven by import-substituting industrialization from the 1930s to the mid-1970s, to a process of deindustrialization from that moment onwards. Third, it draws some conclusions regarding the importance and impact of shop-floor organization in the Argentine case.
Fil: Basualdo, Victoria. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Sede Académica Argentina Buenos Aires. Área de Economía y Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
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Argentine contemporary history
History of the labor movement in Latin America
Shop-floor organization
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Shop-floor Labor Organization in Argentina from Early Peronism to the "Proceso" Military Dictatorship
title Shop-floor Labor Organization in Argentina from Early Peronism to the "Proceso" Military Dictatorship
spellingShingle Shop-floor Labor Organization in Argentina from Early Peronism to the "Proceso" Military Dictatorship
Basualdo, Victoria
Argentine contemporary history
History of the labor movement in Latin America
Shop-floor organization
title_short Shop-floor Labor Organization in Argentina from Early Peronism to the "Proceso" Military Dictatorship
title_full Shop-floor Labor Organization in Argentina from Early Peronism to the "Proceso" Military Dictatorship
title_fullStr Shop-floor Labor Organization in Argentina from Early Peronism to the "Proceso" Military Dictatorship
title_full_unstemmed Shop-floor Labor Organization in Argentina from Early Peronism to the "Proceso" Military Dictatorship
title_sort Shop-floor Labor Organization in Argentina from Early Peronism to the "Proceso" Military Dictatorship
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Basualdo, Victoria
author Basualdo, Victoria
author_facet Basualdo, Victoria
author_role author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Argentine contemporary history
History of the labor movement in Latin America
Shop-floor organization
topic Argentine contemporary history
History of the labor movement in Latin America
Shop-floor organization
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6.1
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/6
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv This article focuses particularly on a key aspect of the Argentine labor movement that, in spite of its importance, has not been adequately examined by the existing historiography: the high degree of union structure penetration at the shop-floor level through means of shop-stewards and comisiones internas (CI). It argues that the extension and strength of shop-floor organization in the workplace and particularly in large-scale industrial factories was a central factor to explain the power of the working class in Argentina. Moreover, it contends that these shop-stewards and CI members not only were at the center of the conflict between labor and capital throughout the period, but that they also embodied tensions and contradictions within the industrial working class.The text is divided into three main sections. First, it provides a basic definition of shop-stewards and CI for the Argentine case. Second, it briefly analyzes the history of these bodies, from the 1940s to the 1980s, taking into account the most important structural transformations during this period, in particular the transition from an economic model driven by import-substituting industrialization from the 1930s to the mid-1970s, to a process of deindustrialization from that moment onwards. Third, it draws some conclusions regarding the importance and impact of shop-floor organization in the Argentine case.
Fil: Basualdo, Victoria. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales. Sede Académica Argentina Buenos Aires. Área de Economía y Tecnología; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description This article focuses particularly on a key aspect of the Argentine labor movement that, in spite of its importance, has not been adequately examined by the existing historiography: the high degree of union structure penetration at the shop-floor level through means of shop-stewards and comisiones internas (CI). It argues that the extension and strength of shop-floor organization in the workplace and particularly in large-scale industrial factories was a central factor to explain the power of the working class in Argentina. Moreover, it contends that these shop-stewards and CI members not only were at the center of the conflict between labor and capital throughout the period, but that they also embodied tensions and contradictions within the industrial working class.The text is divided into three main sections. First, it provides a basic definition of shop-stewards and CI for the Argentine case. Second, it briefly analyzes the history of these bodies, from the 1940s to the 1980s, taking into account the most important structural transformations during this period, in particular the transition from an economic model driven by import-substituting industrialization from the 1930s to the mid-1970s, to a process of deindustrialization from that moment onwards. Third, it draws some conclusions regarding the importance and impact of shop-floor organization in the Argentine case.
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