The Crisis of Mexican Labor

The Crisis of Mexican Labor

by Dan LaBotz
The Crisis of Mexican Labor

The Crisis of Mexican Labor

by Dan LaBotz

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Overview

In this definitive volume on the Mexican labor movement, jourbanalist Dan La Botz concentrates on labor politics, the relationship of the unions to the state, and their relevance to other struggles for union independence. Prefaced by Mexican Congressman Ricardo Pascoe, The Crisis of Mexican Labor outlines the country's economic and political crises. The book also gives a complete overview of the labor movement from 1920 to 1987. La Botz chronicles workers' strikes and their results. He also demonstrates how Mexican union confederations, and their ruling bureaucracies, have clearly depended upon the material, the political, and even the military support of the state. This, the author contends, is the central problem of Mexican workers. They must develop an internationalist, socialist ideology and reorganize independently of the state. To do so will entail restructuring the entire system.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780275926007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 06/22/1988
Pages: 232
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

DAN LA BOTZ is a labor and political jourbanalist with a long time interest in Mexican history.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Picardo Pascoe
The System in Crisis
The Origins of the Mexican Labor Unions
Containing and Crushing Dissent
The Limits of Corruption and the Crisis of Capitalism
The Forms of Dissent
When the System is Shaken

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