Labor conflict, general strikes and dynamics of trade union organizations in the Gran La Plata 1969-1972

• Main Author: Agustín Nava
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Nacional de La Plata 2017-07-01
• Series: Sociohistórica
• Subjects: Movimiento obrero; Huelgas generales; Conflictivdad laboral; Gran La Plata
• Online Access: http://www.sociohistorica.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/article/view/SHe024

This paper is inscribed within studies on the history of the labor movement during the years '60 and '70 in Argentina and aims to analyze the cycle of general strikes and labor conflictivity that took place more specifically between the years 1969-1972 on a particular region: the Gran La Plata. Through a qualitative and quantitative analysis we will approach the dynamics of general strikes and their impact on our study region, as a kind of struggle that allows us to analyze the different tendencies and forms assumed by the conflict, the degrees of unity within the labor movement, the dynamics of trade unions, alliances with other social forces and the relationship with the state. Therefore, this article contributes to study not only certain specific dynamics of labor conflictivity in our study region, but also the more general cycle of social protest and political radicalization that took place in Argentina during the sixties and seventies