La organización sindical de los trabajadores gráficos de Mendoza durante la dictadura militar de la Revolución Argentina (1966-1973)

Abstract

This article explores the trajectory of the graphic workers of Mendoza during the military dictatorship of the Argentine Revolution. These workers were recognized as “combative” by members of the labor movement of the period and by the press of the era, despite being a sector that did not play any leading role in the struggles of those years. In order to explain this paradox, this article inquires into the internal dynamics of the organization, its union strategies, and the positions it adopted with respect to other labor organizations and with respect to the dictatorship itself. Through the analysis of union documents—the minutes of Assemblies and Steering Committee Meetings— and interviews of graphic workers of the period, it reveals internal and external aspects of this guild and the graphic trade itself.