Reminiscences of Rafael Ginocchio, 1972

Biographical Note

Labor leader

Scope and Contents

Emigration from Italy to Argentina, 1924; very early union activity in pasta factories; Argentine labor history 1930s-50s: effects of worldwide depression, lay-offs, strikes, benefits, mechanization, change from foreign workers to Argentines after 1945, political influence of anarchists, socialists, communists in unions, federation of regional organizations; union relationships with Peron after 1944, role of General Labor Confederation in government; member, National Price and Wage Commission; labor expectations after 1946 elections; impressions of labor and government officials; 1947 strike of pasta workers; Congress for Production, 1954; plans to arm workers and Armed Forces' concern, 1955

Subjects

• Argentina--Economic conditions--1918-
• Argentina--Politics and government--20th century.
• Confederación General del Trabajo de la República Argentina.
• Depressions--1929--Argentina.
• Ginocchio, Rafael, 1912---Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Labor unions--Officials and employees--Argentina.
• Labor unions and communism.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Romero, Luis Alberto, interviewer.