Estado, armadores y clase obrera en la Argentina de entreguerras: la Segunda Conferencia de la OIT sobre trabajo marítimo (1920)

Abstract

The second International Labor Conference, organized by ILO, was held in Genoa in 1920. World-wide existing and applicable labor conditions and maritime work`s legislation were discussed there. In Argentina, while the delegation conformed by representatives of the State, the union and the employer's association attended the conference, the Federacion Obrera Maritima held one of the most prolonged sectorial strikes in the history of the local labor movement. Partial strike throughout affected the interests of navigation company Mihanovich, for more than one year. In that context, the conference became an sphere of confrontation and negotiation between the employer's association, the union and the Argentinian State. Their tensions and agreements defined the Argentinian participation in the conference, a field where legitimacies and solidarities were disputed, expressing the conflict that was affecting the Argentinian ports.