Abstract

NEIMAN, Guillermo. Labour market and trade unionism in restructured agricultural productions  in Argentina. Trab. soc. [online]. 2016, n.27, pp.63-77. ISSN 1514-6871.

The restructuring of agriculture modifies the structure and functioning of labor markets in the sector, putting labor unrest in a renewed context and raising other challenges for unionism. Labor unions´ practices among workers in agriculture have been as much episodic and reserved for specific regions or productions. In the context of the current process of restructuring and globalization particularly for some agricultural and food productions, it is possible to identify a growing labor unrest, the emergence of some new mostly local organizations and the deployment of union actions. State intervention in certain circumstances related to the labor market and conflict also is novel. This article analyzes for the case of Argentina, recent expressions of labor unrest and union actions in agriculture and its relationship with current labor markets and public policies aimed to regulate these markets and to improve workers´ labor and living conditions.

Keywords : Agriculture; Labor; Unionization; Labor conflicts.

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