Trade Union Solidarity in Crisis: The Generative Tensions of Worker Solidarities in Argentina

Adam Fishwick and Lucila D’Urso
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Adam Fishwick: University of Akureyri, Iceland
Lucila D’Urso: University of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Work, Employment & Society, 2024, vol. 38, issue 1, 44-62

Abstract: The article identifies how tensions between different levels of worker solidarity helped shape the possibilities of collective action in automobile and related sector trade unions in Argentina. It advances the framework proposed by Morgan and Pulignano in two ways. First, it highlights the interrelation of both the complementarities and the tensions between different solidarity practices. Second, it extends the understanding of how these solidarity practices connect the workplace and community. The contribution is based on thematic analysis of interviews with trade union leaders, representatives and activists that shed light on solidarities produced, as well as tensions and complementarities between them. This is contextualised by the impact of crisis in the automobile sector after 2015, showing how increased worker vulnerabilities affected emergent solidarities. Overall, the article demonstrates the significance of these dynamics for understanding the continued resilience and limitations of trade unions in Argentina and beyond.

Keywords: Argentina; automobile sector; solidarity; trade unions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/09500170221100935

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