Trade Unionism in Argentina since 1945: The limits of trade union reformism?

ATZENI, MAURIZIO; GHIGLIANI, PABLO

Trade Unionism since 1945: Towards a Global History

Peter Lang

Lugar: Bern; Año: 2009; p. 223 - 249

This chapter provides an overview of the history and development of trade unionism in Argentina from 1945 to the present. It is a history, rooted in a highly conflictual political environment, which assesses trade unions both as institutions and as movements, and the contradictions that emerge from this double identity. With this in mind, two overlapping issues are treated throughout the chapter: the features, peculiarities and patterns of change of the Argentine system of industrial relations, and the role of trade unions as channels for worker mobilisation.