The streets burns Radical mobilization and struggles for employment in Naval Gijón (Spain)

  • Rubén Vega García Departamento de Historia Contemporánea de la Universidad de Oviedo
Keywords: Naval reconversion, repertoires of mobilization, trade unions, resistance, Gijón.

Abstract

The article analyzes the company Naval Gijón, born in 1985 and closed in 2009 after a long trajectory of labor conflicts and accumulation of losses. Detached, technolo-gically obsolete, repeatedly changing of proprietors and occupying land with real estate business opportunities, the yard remained, however, open for 25 years, the result of the tenacious commitment of its workers, a persistent focus of mobiliza-tions, often in radical forms and Intense political pressure.

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Published
2017-07-10
How to Cite
Vega García R. (2017). The streets burns Radical mobilization and struggles for employment in Naval Gijón (Spain). Sociología del Trabajo, 90, 62-75. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/STRA/article/view/59630
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No. 90 (2017): Self-employed workers?
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