El mundo como un taller de observación. La creación del Departamento Nacional del trabajo y las influencias internacionales

Abstract

This work analyzes the international experiences that influenced the formulation of the first responses that were tried out by the Argentinean State in the field of Labor legislation. The absence of a corpus of specialized knowledge (reliable statistics, reports, qualitative data) led the sectors concerned about resolving the workers' issue to study and observe the practices and methods developed in other countries. The experience acquired in that workshop of worldwide observation, within a context of a fluid international flow of ideas, models of analysis and theories, made it possible to devise and apply the first workers' laws as well as setting up the first labor organization in the country.