Lotte operaie e franchismo. La Hispano Olivetti di Barcellona (1946-1975)

Authors

Andrea Tappi

Keywords:

Francoism, Barcelona, Hispano Olivetti, Worker fights, Comisiones Obreras

Abstract

Worker fights and Francoism. Hispano Olivetti in Barcelona (1946-1975)

Hispano Olivetti was a leading company in the Barcelona area under Francoism and the stronghold of worker protest in the city. Like other Italian multinational companies that thrived in Francoist Spain, its business success can be ascribed as much to a modern organization as to a backward and authoritarian trade union legislation. For the first time this text explores worker antagonism in Hispano Olivetti, highlighting the increased expectations of the subjects involved, who clashed with government repression and the enforcement of a legislation which significantly thwarted their action.

Received: 09-08-2011

Author Biography

Andrea Tappi

Andrea Tappi si è addottorato in Storia contemporanea presso l’Università di Perugia e insegna Lettere al liceo italiano di Barcellona. Si occupa di franchismo, di archeologia industriale e di relazioni industriali. È redattore di “Zapruder” e di “Patrimonio industriale”. Di recente ha pubblicato Seat. Modelo para armar. Fordismo y franquismo, 1950-1980 (Alzira, Editorial Germania, 2010) e con Javier Tébar l’articolo Un dizionario nato vecchio. Legittimazione e delegittimazione della Seconda Repubblica spagnola, in “Passato e presente”, 2012, n. 85.