Complejidades de los sindicatos argentinos en el pasado reciente: entre la alianza y la lucha de clases

Abstract

En este trabajo se presenta una caracterización del sindicalismo en Argentina desde fines de los años ?60 hasta la crisis del 2001, en particular, del papel que asumió su principal central sindical, la Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT). Este estudio, desarrollado a partir de fuentes secundarias, realiza un recorrido analítico por los principales discursos historiográficos de la literatura nacional e internacional, en dos períodos del pasado reciente, en función de los posicionamientos que fueron asumiendo sus actores sindicales: 1968-1982 y 1983-2001. Este estudio permitirá una aproximación a la dinámica sindical, a sus conflictos y contradicciones en el pasado reciente.

The purpose of this paper is to characterise the trade unions in Argentina between late 1960s and the crisis of 2001, particularly it focuses on the role of the union leadership of the General Labour Confederation (CGT for its Spanish acronym). This study is based on secondary sources and it proposes an analytical path through the main historiographical discourses of national and international literature in two periods of Argentina recent past in the light of the positions of its trade union actors: 1968-1982 and 1983-2001. To approach to the complexities of trade union dynamics, the paper uses two heuristic categories: class alliance/dialogue and class struggle/conflict, based on the political and ideological conceptions of Argentinian trade unions. The first one is called “peronist" and has a tendency to class alliance and to the bargain with other social actors. The second one is called “classist” and it is identified with a left political position that tends to the class struggle.