The urban working class and early Latin American labour movements, 1880–1930

Entrevista com Michael Hall

“…Nos primeiros meses em Berlim, eu me envolvi muito na elaboração do capítulo sobre história do movimento operário na América Latina da Cambridge History. 39 Eu tive que estudar bastante, pois não sabia tanto sobre o movimento operário em outras partes da América Latina. Mas havia um grupo ótimo no Instituto da América Latina.…”

Toward Flexible Industrial Relations? Neo‐Liberalism, Democracy, and Labor Reform in Latin America

“…With the exception of Uruguay, labor legislation did not emerge in the region until after 1917, and in most countries not until the 1930s. Indeed, the industrial work force did not occupy a central role in any national economy until after 1930 (Hall and Spalding, 1986). Labor laws developed at that time reflected the belief that the state should intervene to protect the individual worker against employers, explicitly recognizing the power imbalance that existed between labor and capital.…”

“…For these reasons, much labor legislation was and remains highly detailed, covering working conditions, benefits, leaves, holidays, compensation, and so forth, with some of these provisions constitutionally enshrined as social rights. 3 While it was paternalistic Democracy,and Labor Reform in Latin America / 313 regarding individual workers, legislation also reflected the state's mistrust of unions as an independent force by granting authorities a strong role in controlling union activities and intervening in industrial relations, eliminating or restricting any autonomous means by which workers could express their political and economic will (Bronstein, 1997;Hall and Spalding, 1986).…”

Working for Democracy: Brazil's Organized Working Class in Comparative Perspective

“…9 Brazil lacked significant mineral enclaves in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. But Brazil's late working-class formation is not simply a result of late capitalist growth.…”