The multiple organizational identities in textiles Pigüé. Recuperated, cooperative, efficient and social

Abstract

In Argentina, at present, those who govern the recovered companies went through various traumatic situations caused by a fraudulent bankruptcy. At that time, the prejudices and ideologies of various dominant sectors stigmatized them when they were conceived as usurpers, “piqueteros”, thieves and illegitimate. Given this scenario, those who decided to occupy, resist and face the struggle for their work and dignity, in addition, did it to tell their truth and be free. They stopped being operators and owned by a boss to be their own bosses, and partners that obtained a legitimate and legal public recognition. They learned to be autonomous actors, who sometimes supported old and foreign premises, simultaneously to new and genuine practices modeled in action. In this way, they became empowered subjects, proprietors and owners of know-how that struggles for workers rights.

Through the case study of the recovered company "Textiles Pigüé", a management and development model based on cooperative values, productive efficiency and social inclusion is evidenced. In this context, the following article proposes to explain how a recovered and cooperative work enterprise, which was a capital company, builds its identity, from the symbolic and strategic relationship with others and between them.