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Labor Unrest in Argentina, 1887–1907

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 October 2022

Roberto P. Korzeniewicz
Roberto P. Korzeniewicz*
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Albany
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This article will examine the development of labor unrest in Argentina between 1887 and 1907. Because official statistics were not compiled until after 1907, new data on strikes have been generated for the earlier period through a detailed reading of newspapers. These data provide information on the occupational and geographical distribution of strikes, their timing, and the kinds of demands made by strikers. The new data also provide helpful insights into the nature of labor organizations and the causes of labor unrest. Most important, these data indicate that changes in the organization of the workplace were a significant factor in altering the composition of demand for labor and in generating labor unrest. Finally, they show that the organization of the workplace also accounted for significant differences in the forms of action and organization adopted by various sectors of the labor force. Hence insofar as the position of different groups of workers in the labor market was itself shaped by the nature of the labor process and workplace relations, the transformation of these spheres constitutes an important analytical point of departure for explaining the central features of the emerging labor movement.

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Research Article
Information
Latin American Research Review , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , 1989 , pp. 71 - 98
Copyright
Copyright © 1989 by the University of Texas Press

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Ann E. Forsythe provided substantial comments on this article. I also benefited from comments made by the LAR editors and anonymous referees.

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