ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the wage struggle in Peru, and the role of labor militancy in the manufacturing sector. It explains the changes in the standard of living of the Peruvian proletariat and the struggle to bring about those changes. The wage laborer labors part of the working day in the production of the necessities of life for working class, and part of the day in the production of a surplus product. The success of the working class in building its strength and defending its standard of living comes out of material conditions. The circulation of commodities is the most obvious aspect of capitalism, and this tends to hide fundamental relation in which one class buys the labor power of another class for the purpose of producing surplus value which is realized as profit. In the literature on trade union strength in the United States, it has been suggested that working class militancy and "aggressiveness" is more marked in monopolized industries.
