Solidarity under siege: the Salvadoran labor movement, 1970-1990

Abstract

Introduction: an arc of triumph and despair -- Tired of the abuse: gender and the rise of the Sindicato de la Industria Pesquera 1970-1979 -- The cost of solidarity: the Salvadoran labor movement in Puerto el Triunfo and greater San Salvador, 1979-1980 -- The last chance: the Junta Revolucionaria de Gobierno and the impending civil war -- Labor conflicts in Puerto el Triunfo, El Salvador, 1985 -- The far right and fraud -- Solidarity and discord in the labor movement, 1984-1989 -- The longest strike in history -- Conclusion: tropical deindustrialization and its discontents.