Réprimer avec discrétion : l'économie des pratiques antisyndicales dans les usines du Guatemala

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Discreet Repression: The Economy of Anti-Trade Union Practices in the Factories of Guatemala In Guatemala, levels of trade union membership are among the lowest in Latin America and, for many years, violations of union rights there have been regularly denounced at the international level. An examination of the handful of trade union mobilizations that have taken place in some textile and clothing factories ( maquilas) shows how practices of repression are rendered invisible by a set of employer strategies, intentional or not, and how criminal groups, often left out of examinations of social movement repression, are involved in the repressive management of these mobilizations. The particularly violent social order of this country facilitates the use of repressive practices while simultaneously authorizing strategies for washing politicians and employers’ hands of responsibility. ?