de la Garza Toledo 2005

Introduction, 9-17 in


de la Garza Toledo, Enrique. 2005. Sindicatos Y Nuevos Movimientos Sociales En América Latina. 1. ed. Buenos Aires, Argentina: CLACSO.

• the strict definition is that conditions, experience, and demands  of work are the things that create "work subjects", ie a work identity for a worker (15)
• but what we actually need is a broader conception of the creation of identities at work, including workers who work in noncapitalist enterprises, and times spent NOT at a workplace
• for example, the idea of desocupados is both a work subject, but one disconnected from work itself...demands aren't made against a boss, but against a society with a deep divide between winners and losers
• we can't just look at one world, e.g. the work world, to understand teh genesis of collective action, have to see the multiple influences and demands that build inside and out of work (16)
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