Abstract

URSINO, Sandra Valeria. Industrial work and socio-territorial dynamics in the cities of Ensenada and Berisso. The case of the Refinery YPF-La Plata (1993-2012). Estudios Socioterritoriales [online]. 2020, vol.28, pp.57-57. ISSN 1853-4392.  http://dx.doi.org/10.37838/unicen/est.28-057.

This work analyzes the social, economic and territorial impact of the privatization of the YPF-La Plata Refinery in the cities of Ensenada and Berisso in 1993, and how they were reconfigured after the return to the hands of the State in the 2012. One of the central characteristics of the state oil company was its paternalistic management, which crossed the spaces of the daily life of its workers, the family and the community. After the privatization, new types of contracting and an industrial framework made up of SMEs and Worker Cooperatives emerged, introducing strong changes in the YPF working environment as well as in the urban dynamics of both cities. A flexible qualitative methodology was used, based on in-depth interviews with refinery workers and ex-workers, public officials and union representatives. It was complemented by the registration of State agencies such as OPDS, ADA and census information from INDEC.

Keywords : Industrial work; Socio-territorial dynamics; Medium-sized cities; Refinery YPF -La Plata.

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