Reminiscences of Camilo Almarza, 1971
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- Name
- Almarza, Camilo, 1904- (Interviewee)
- Gutiérrez, Leandro (Interviewer)
- Romero, Luis Alberto (Interviewer)
- Title
- Reminiscences of Camilo Almarza, 1971
- Abstract
- Early work experience in railroad industry; development from section leader of local union to officer of General Labor Confederation (CGT), 1936-1943; organization of union local: political beliefs and effect on policy, degrees of independence; analysis of general economic and social conditions in Argentina in 1930 with examples and anecdotes: regional differences, ethnic make-up, foreign influence , wages and housing, health and sanitation; effect of unions, especially in construction, meat-packing, railroads, textiles; labor gains and union growth especially after 1936; strikes, factionalism, deportations; World War II
- Collection Name
- Argentina project
- Subjects
- Railroads--Argentina; Railroads--Employees--Argentina; Labor unions--Officials and employees.--Argentina; Argentina History 1910-1943; Argentina Social conditions; Argentina Economic conditions; Almarza, Camilo, 1904-
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 160 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Railroad union official
- Note (Language)
- In Spanish
- Note
- Interviewed by Leandro Gutiérrez and Luis Alberto Romero on January 12, 1971
- Language
- Spanish
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 16771798
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/y53q-h424
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.