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This article seeks to contribute to the ongoing historical reevaluation of the interwar period in Argentina by offering new insights into the changes undergone by the labor movement between the coups of 1930 and 1943. It presents original data on labor unrest during this period to demonstrate that a wave of strikes in the mid-1930s revealed that workers in virtually all labor sectors were adopting industry-wide forms of action and organization and pursuing state mediation to press their demands

This article examines the development of the bargaining power of labor in Argentina during the period under consideration. Because official statistics were not compiled until after 1907, new data on strikes have been generated for the earlier period through a detailed reading of newspapers. These data provide information on the occupational and geographical distribution of strikes, the nature of labor organizations and the causes of labor unrest at the turn of the century

This article will examine the development of labor unrest in Argentina between 1887 and 1907. Because official statistics were not compiled until after 1907, new data on strikes have been generated for the earlier period through a detailed reading of newspapers. These data provide information on the occupational and geographical distribution of strikes, their timing, and the kinds of demands made by strikers. The new data also provide helpful insights into the nature of labor organizations and the causes of labor unrest. Most important, these data indicate that changes in the organization of the workplace were a significant factor in altering the composition of demand for labor and in generating labor unrest. Finally, they show that the organization of the workplace also accounted for significant differences in the forms of action and organization adopted by various sectors of the labor force. Hence insofar as the position of different groups of workers in the labor market was itself shaped by the nature of the labor process and workplace relations, the transformation of these spheres constitutes an important analytical point of departure for explaining the central features of the emerging labor movement.