The Workers' Movement in Occupied Enterprises: A Survey

The social impact of the movement of occupied enterprises is more closely related to its symbolic dimension than to its real strength, since it only involves about a hundred companies and fewer than 8,000 workers. Nonetheless, in providing an innovative alternative to address the unprecedented level...

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Published inCanadian journal of Latin American and Caribbean studies Vol. 28; no. 55-56; pp. 71 - 96
Main Author Palomino, Héctor
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kingston Routledge 2003
Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Association Canadienne des études Latino-Américaines et Caraïbes
Taylor & Francis Group LLC
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Business enterprises
Business structures
Common ground
Corporations
Economic liberalism
Employee ownership
Employment
Interviews
Labor movement
Labor unions
Occupations
Political aspects
Politics
Respondents
Salary
Social aspects
Social movements
Solidarity
Surveys
Workers
Workplaces
Argentina
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ISSN0826-3663
2333-1461
DOI10.1080/08263663.2003.10816836

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Summary:The social impact of the movement of occupied enterprises is more closely related to its symbolic dimension than to its real strength, since it only involves about a hundred companies and fewer than 8,000 workers. Nonetheless, in providing an innovative alternative to address the unprecedented levels of poverty and unemployment in Argentina, the experience of occupied enterprises has also opened up new expectations for change among the broader population. In particular, the reactivation of production under the control of workers creates the possibility of redefining capital-labour relations and questioning the unconditional supremacy of property rights.
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ISSN:0826-3663
2333-1461
DOI:10.1080/08263663.2003.10816836