Speaker 1: On their term working Class History. The twentieth of January,
Speaker 1: and on the twentieth of January eighteen eighty eight, domestic
Speaker 1: workers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, including maids, nannies, ironers, and
Speaker 1: laundry workers, went out on strike along with coachmen and porters.
Speaker 1: Strikers then toured the city calling on hotel, restaurant and
Speaker 1: sweetshop workers to join the strike, which they did. In particular,
Speaker 1: the workers were protesting against the mayor, Antonio Crespo, introducing
Speaker 1: the so called Concharbo notebook, a detailed record taken by
Speaker 1: employers of workers conduct. The mayor set in police against
Speaker 1: the strikers and prohibited public assemblies. So instead, strikers gathered
Speaker 1: in Lanus in Mar del Plata, even though employers there
Speaker 1: didn't use Conchabo notebooks. Domestic workers also launched a solidarity strike.
Speaker 1: In desperation, wealthy families wrote let us to newspapers calling
Speaker 1: for action. A wealthy character in a play about the dispute,
Speaker 1: written by Patricia Suarez, complained that quote the houses are
Speaker 1: not cleaned, the ladies are not attended to, and you
Speaker 1: can't even go for a coffee end quote, and others
Speaker 1: demanded that the mayor quote put an end to that
Speaker 1: madness of the Contrabo notebook end quote. Soon the strike
Speaker 1: was victorious, the Conchrabo notebook was scrapped, and the mayor resigned.
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