Una alianza que transformó el país / An alliance that transformed the country: The unions and early Peronism

An eruption, a magical and mysterious moment, the emergence of an undercurrent that swept everything away. A leader who interpreted and shaped history to his liking. The images used to describe the rise of Peronism are naturally abundant and very powerful. But Marcos Schiavi chooses a different approach: how was the alliance between Perón and the unions built, the alliance that fueled the government's experience until 1955? Neither the brilliant invention of a "leader" in a vacuum, nor historical determinism due to structural causes, the author proposes we consider it as part of a series of decisions made by real people, in which, besides Perón himself and his inner circle, a generation of union leaders, some with years of political struggle behind them, also played a leading role. Two powers meet and create a new country. At the same time, the business sectors of the era, surprised by this unusual friendship, gave long life to what would soon be known as "anti-Peronism," but above all, it helped to destabilize what Perón himself had envisioned as class harmony: the markedly pro-worker tone of the movement. How did the end of the boom years and the need to moderate profits and emphasize the business lexicon of productivity impact the movement? How and to what extent did Perón control the unions? How much top-down control and how much negotiation was there in that relationship?