A HISTORY OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN URUGUAY AND PARAGUAY by Robert J. Alexander ( 9780275977450 )

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A HISTORY OF ORGANIZED LABOR IN URUGUAY AND PARAGUAY

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ISBN 10:

0275977455

ISBN 13:

9780275977450

Publisher:

ABC-CLIO

Pub. date:

30 March, 2005

Pages:

176

Description:

Presents the history of organized labor in the countries of Uruguay and Paraguay. The author covers topics such as the role of organized labor in the economics and politics of these two countries and their relations with the international labor movement. It is based on personal contacts of the author with the labor movements over the years.

Synopsis:

In this volume, Alexander sketches the history of organized labor in the countries of Uruguay and Paraguay. He covers such topics as the role of organized labor in the economics and politics of these two countries and their relations with the international labor movement. It is based on extensive personal contacts of the author with the labor movements over almost half a century. It may seem unusual at first to have both of these countries in one volume because there does not exist anywhere else in Latin America such historical political disparity between neighboring countries as that between Uruguay and Paraguay. However in spite of the political contrasts, there are certain similarities in the history of the labor movements of these two republics. In both Uruguay and Paraguay, the earliest organizations to be founded by the workers were mutual benefit societies, rather than trade unions. But in both countries, trade unions which sought to protect their members against employers began to appear.By the early years of the 20th century, these unions began to demand that employers negotiate with them, and there were an increasing number of strikes, attempting to make these demands effective. There were soon efforts to bring together the various trade unions into broader local, national, and international labor organizations.

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Praeger Publishers Inc

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