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This article analyzes the relevance of unionism based on the fluctuations of unionization in OECD member countries and some Latin American countries, as well as its impact on contemporary Mexico. The origins of unions as essential organizations for the defense of the labor rights of unionized workers are examined, as well as their role as political actors. In addition, union density is described and analyzed to measure the power and influence of unions in the political and labor spheres. Fluctuations in union density in a group of OECD countries between 1980 and 2018 are taken into account. This allows us to observe variations in union density over the period of neoliberal globalization and to determine which countries have experienced booms and busts in unionization rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following article tries to show the reader that in Mexico, the ideological and political struggle is and has been very rich in experiences. Although in the last years, some attempts have been made to make invisible and at certain moments the trade union and social struggle has been criminalized, it carries on standing against the extraparlamentary political powers. The work shows in a very synthetic way the historical development through which Mexican trade unionism has passed as opposed to the state and patronal power. As for the social movements, it reports its theorizing and diversity, especially under the polysemic and little clear category of civil society. The argument is kept that the social movements in Mexico have been the product of the reactivation of the civil society against the authoritarian political society. Deep in the essay, it is proposed to think about the convergence instrument with which the trade unions and the different civil institutions could stand against the political and economic crisis into which the project of the present-day government, ally of the patronal and ecclesiastic elite, has plunged the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The following article tries to show the reader that in Mexico, the ideological and political struggle is and has been very rich in experiences. Although in the last years, some attempts have been made to make invisible and at certain moments the trade union and social struggle has been criminalized, it carries on standing against the extraparlamentary political powers. The work shows in a very synthetic way the historical development through which Mexican trade unionism has passed as opposed to the state and patronal power. As for the social movements, it reports its theorizing and diversity, especially under the polysemic and little clear category of civil society. The argument is kept that the social movements in Mexico have been the product of the reactivation of the civil society against the authoritarian political society. Deep in the essay, it is proposed to think about the convergence instrument with which the trade unions and the different civil institutions could stand against the political and economic crisis into which the project of the present-day government, ally of the patronal and ecclesiastic elite, has plunged the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]