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<v Speaker 1>On their term working Class History. The twentieth of January,

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<v Speaker 1>and on the twentieth of January eighteen eighty eight, domestic

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<v Speaker 1>workers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, including maids, nannies, ironers, and

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<v Speaker 1>laundry workers, went out on strike along with coachmen and porters.

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<v Speaker 1>Strikers then toured the city calling on hotel, restaurant and

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<v Speaker 1>sweetshop workers to join the strike, which they did. In particular,

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<v Speaker 1>the workers were protesting against the mayor, Antonio Crespo, introducing

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<v Speaker 1>the so called Concharbo notebook, a detailed record taken by

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<v Speaker 1>employers of workers conduct. The mayor set in police against

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<v Speaker 1>the strikers and prohibited public assemblies. So instead, strikers gathered

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<v Speaker 1>in Lanus in Mar del Plata, even though employers there

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<v Speaker 1>didn't use Conchabo notebooks. Domestic workers also launched a solidarity strike.

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<v Speaker 1>In desperation, wealthy families wrote let us to newspapers calling

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<v Speaker 1>for action. A wealthy character in a play about the dispute,

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<v Speaker 1>written by Patricia Suarez, complained that quote the houses are

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<v Speaker 1>not cleaned, the ladies are not attended to, and you

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<v Speaker 1>can't even go for a coffee end quote, and others

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<v Speaker 1>demanded that the mayor quote put an end to that

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<v Speaker 1>madness of the Contrabo notebook end quote. Soon the strike

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<v Speaker 1>was victorious, the Conchrabo notebook was scrapped, and the mayor resigned.

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