Labor Outsourcing in the Steelmaking Industry in Argentina: Companies of Ex-workers in Acindar Villa Constitución and Siderar Ensenada

Labor outsourcing as a business strategy that tends to increase flexibility and the precarization of the workforce, as well as weaken trade unions, has become worse since the mid-1970s. This has been the case not only in Argentina, but in Latin America and the world at large, with a strong impact si...

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Main Authors: María Alejandra Esponda, Julia Strada
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Language:Spanish
Published: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede Ecuador 2019-05-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/3401
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description Labor outsourcing as a business strategy that tends to increase flexibility and the precarization of the workforce, as well as weaken trade unions, has become worse since the mid-1970s. This has been the case not only in Argentina, but in Latin America and the world at large, with a strong impact since the 1990s. This article analyzes the comparative expansion of outsourcing since the subcontracting of ex-workers, taking into account two case studies in the steelmaking industry in Argentina: Cooperar 7 de Mayo en Acindar Villa Constitución and CIMET en Siderar Ensenada. Based on an interdisciplinary social anthropology, political science and political economy approach, this article reflects on the origins, trajectories, structural conditionings, and projections of these contracting businesses.
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spelling doaj-art-49e22f5c3e5f49eea0eb73e43cd6d6032025-02-02T10:06:40ZspaFacultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Sede EcuadorÍconos1390-12492224-69832019-05-012364159181https://doi.org/10.17141/iconos.64.2019.3401Labor Outsourcing in the Steelmaking Industry in Argentina: Companies of Ex-workers in Acindar Villa Constitución and Siderar EnsenadaMaría Alejandra EspondaJulia StradaLabor outsourcing as a business strategy that tends to increase flexibility and the precarization of the workforce, as well as weaken trade unions, has become worse since the mid-1970s. This has been the case not only in Argentina, but in Latin America and the world at large, with a strong impact since the 1990s. This article analyzes the comparative expansion of outsourcing since the subcontracting of ex-workers, taking into account two case studies in the steelmaking industry in Argentina: Cooperar 7 de Mayo en Acindar Villa Constitución and CIMET en Siderar Ensenada. Based on an interdisciplinary social anthropology, political science and political economy approach, this article reflects on the origins, trajectories, structural conditionings, and projections of these contracting businesses.https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/3401Labor OursourcingPrecarizationBusinesses of Ex-workersStellmaking IndustryAcindarSiderarInterdisciplinary
spellingShingle María Alejandra Esponda
Julia Strada
Labor Outsourcing in the Steelmaking Industry in Argentina: Companies of Ex-workers in Acindar Villa Constitución and Siderar Ensenada
Íconos
Labor Oursourcing
Precarization
Businesses of Ex-workers
Stellmaking Industry
Acindar
Siderar
Interdisciplinary
title Labor Outsourcing in the Steelmaking Industry in Argentina: Companies of Ex-workers in Acindar Villa Constitución and Siderar Ensenada
title_full Labor Outsourcing in the Steelmaking Industry in Argentina: Companies of Ex-workers in Acindar Villa Constitución and Siderar Ensenada
title_fullStr Labor Outsourcing in the Steelmaking Industry in Argentina: Companies of Ex-workers in Acindar Villa Constitución and Siderar Ensenada
title_full_unstemmed Labor Outsourcing in the Steelmaking Industry in Argentina: Companies of Ex-workers in Acindar Villa Constitución and Siderar Ensenada
title_short Labor Outsourcing in the Steelmaking Industry in Argentina: Companies of Ex-workers in Acindar Villa Constitución and Siderar Ensenada
title_sort labor outsourcing in the steelmaking industry in argentina companies of ex workers in acindar villa constitucion and siderar ensenada
topic Labor Oursourcing
Precarization
Businesses of Ex-workers
Stellmaking Industry
Acindar
Siderar
Interdisciplinary
url https://revistas.flacsoandes.edu.ec/iconos/article/view/3401
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