labor movement

Timeline Events 2

• Jan. 1, 1980

  Textile Workers' General Strike of 1980

  In the summer of 1980, textile workers in Peru organized a prolonged general strike in response to the suspension of their income indexation, which had been established by a tripartite agreement in 1945 but was halted by the military government. The strike resulted in some partial improvements for the workers. …

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• Jan. 1, 1983

  Radicalization of the Labor Movement in the Early 1980s

  In the early 1980s, particularly until 1983, the labor movement faced the intense effects of an economic recession. This period saw a renewal of radicalism within the unions, as they demanded a return to the militant strategies of the previous decade. The movement achieved moderate success, especially in sectors with …

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