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Conflicto con los jugadores profesionales
Language demonstrates a negative attitude towards the players and the loss of revenue that the strike caused. There's also a brief blurb about the English referees contracted for 1949.
Memoria y Balance: 1956
Printing presses go on strike in Junin so this MyB is simply typed. Reference to the passing of the last club President under Perón. Also a mention about the 41 points they earned in the B division, and how they are legitimate. The insinuation is…
El clásico en miniatura
Although the professional players are on strike, a match that would decide the 1948 season takes place between Independiente and Racing
Siluetas en relieve
The author finds solace in the work stoppage of professional soccer players by observing how many of them have returned to the bare potreros and remembered what it was like to play for fun. He sees this as a throwback to days filled with images of…
Letter to the Minister of Labor and Social Security from AFA
AFA's letter to the Minister of Labor lays out a case that the association has acted in good faith to meet the demands of the referees and their labor union: UTEDYC (Unión Trabajadores de Entidades Deportivas y Civiles). Instead, the referees have…
¡Por culpa de los jugadores!...¡¿?! ("Las opiniones de Justiniano Calles")
Ribas is incredulous that club and AFA officials are absolving themselves of any blame for the labor impasse and laying responsibility on the feet of the players.
Agresiones, hulegas... ¿soluciones?
Good article as a point of reference for violence in soccer It highlights the many incidents that should be counted but are forgotten because they took place in lesser divisions
¿Qué pretendían los dirigentes?
The first in a long-running and extensive coverage of the 1948 players' strike
En solo veinte minutos quedó conjurada la huelga de futbolistas profesionales
Although the player's strike did take place in 1949, these negotiations offer an insight into the main sticking points between players and club officials
Cartoon: Brochazos del ambiente
The cartoon delivers 2 observations: club officials have turned desperate to field players while the professionals are on strike, and the spirit of the potrero and the pibe remains the only viable solution to the greed and money in soccer.
Las facultades alteradas; La huelga en el templo
Some professors and students are protesting the government crackdown on supposedly subversive elements in the universities, and demanding an end to reforms aimed at limiting choice and freedom (and autonomy). Some have sought refuge in churches as a…
Conflictos del trabajo
Helpful to compare to similar report in 1954
Conflictos del trabajo en la Capital Federal
Helpful to compare to similar report in 1951
Actividad sindical en la Capital Federal
This provides a little more insight to the pre-Perón years.
La agremación de jugadores
Very good read into the club perspective on the 1948 strike
En procura de la paz social, luego de treinta meses de violencias y arbitrariedades
Ahead of a planned demonstration on May 1, workers continued to apply pressure that causes and is met with violence