Workers? Cooperatives in Argentina. The Asociación Nacional de Trabajadores Autogestionados (ANTA) within the Workers? Central of Argentina

DOBRUSIN BRUNO

Ginebra

Simposio; International Journal of Labour Research Seminar; 2013

Organizacion Internacional del Trabajo (OIT)

P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; direction: ltr; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); widows: 2; orphans: 2; }A:link { color: rgb(0, 0, 255); } The following paper examines the development of the National Association of Self-managed Workers (ANTA in Spanish, used henceforth) within the Workers? Central of Argentina (CTA). ANTA is an organization that groups workers from different cooperatives, most of them originating in the post-2001 economic crisis in Argentina, when many small and medium size enterprises were recovered by the workers who began production again. The paper analyzes the situation of its coming about as an organization within a trade union (CTA) and the dynamics of the relationship between both organizations. This relationship is conceptualized as one of the fundamental elements that led to the sustainability of the cooperatives. The paper also looks into the complexities of the relationship, and the shortfalls in the development of the cooperative movement when associated with trade unions