ABSTRACT
This chapter addresses some of the central processes entailed in the reproduction of the industrial working class in contemporary Argentina. It focuses on one of the major integrated steelworks of the country, which is the main source of employment in the urban setting in which it is inserted. The chapter explores some changes of steelworkers and trade unionists in San Nicolas through the prism of generational change. It considers some of the main mechanisms through which younger workers who descend from a line of steelworkers devise novel strategies of reproduction. The chapter focuses on two stages in the trajectories of the new workers: their entry into the plant and their advancement and promotion in the workplace. Two factors are central to a successful completion of these stages. On the one hand, formal education and training related to jobs in the steel industry and, on the other hand, access to a range of personal contacts, and "recommendations".
