From inamovable workers to moveable workers. The case of contratistas in Mendoza’s wine region, Argentina (1995-2010)

Abstract

Contratista’s status was the core of the labour organisation model witch characterizes wines lands in Mendoza (Argentina) until the ’90. Contratista’s status particularity was it institutionalises house/work, as an indivisible unit, and this unit structures labour and social relationships. Nevertheless, since the ’90, wine industry modernisation implies the reorganisation of labour relationships and broke this unit. The goal of this article is to analyse the way that this unit was broked, and the consequences these agriculture workers in terms of reorganisation of labour relationships and restructuring of social space.