Abstract

SENORANS, Dolores. Popular economies, plural economies. On the trade union organisation of garment workers in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cuad. antropol. soc. [online]. 2020, n.51, pp.189-206. ISSN 1850-275X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.34096/cas.i51.8240.

This article is based on an ethnographic research developed together with the Textile Branch of the Movement of Excluded Workers (MTE) that belongs to the Confederation of Workers of the Popular Economy (CTEP), in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. I show that the popular economy is plural in the sense that it assembles and builds on relationships usually considered "non economical" (family, couple, community and political ties). I analyse how this plurality was processed to create a form of trade union organisation that articulated productive work with the development of collective forms for the reproduction of life. I argue that the popular economies’ plural character as a condition and potential allows to emphasize the value of its everyday production and to call into question the preconceptions and stigmas associated to its workers.

Keywords : Popular Economy; Garment Workers; Trade Union Organization; Economy; Reproduction of life.

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