Advances and setbacks of labor flexibilization in Argentina. Contributions for a comparison of the historical trajectories of different sectors of activity
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https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-9222.2014v6n12p273Keywords:
Argentina, Collective bargaining, labor flexibilityAbstract
Labour flexibility is often associated with the “neoliberal” governments of the last decades of the twentieth century and with the emergence of post-Fordist labour regimes. This view overlooks the fact that the deregulation of labour standards was long sought by the bourgeoisie. The Argentine case illustrates how, since the mid-1950s, legal changes have been promoted that enable greater mobility of the workforce and support wage forms linked to productivity. We analyse collective bargaining in nine branches of production, from 1954 to the present, and study the evolution of clauses relating to labour flexibility present in collective agreements. This historical reconstruction leads us to link these changes with the changing balance of power between social classes.
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