Between expansion and survival: Thomas Albert's journey to the Southern Cone of America

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2011v4n7p127

Keywords:

Work, International Labor Organization, Travels, South América, Europe

Abstract

This article analyzes the relationships between the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the countries of South America, specifically, with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Chile. To present this relationship, our analysis focuses on a specific time, the travel that the General Director of the ILO, Albert Thomas, did to these countries in 1925. This travel aimed to: present the actions of the ILO on these countries and to collect information about the situation of work and the workers in these countries. It also intended to breathe life into a relationship with yet little mutual interest. For a better understanding we have made a brief presentation of the creation of the ILO and its first General Secretary.

Author Biography

Norberto Osvaldo Ferreras, Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF

Doctor in History from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Adjunct professor at the FUniversidade Federal Fluminense.

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Published

2011-10-11

How to Cite

FERRERAS, Norberto Osvaldo. Between expansion and survival: Thomas Albert’s journey to the Southern Cone of America. Antíteses, [S. l.], v. 4, n. 7, p. 127–150, 2011. DOI: 10.5433/1984-3356.2011v4n7p127. Disponível em: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/antiteses/article/view/5280. Acesso em: 5 jul. 2024.