caa a22 4500 386354928 CHVBK 20180307111848.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198906 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022216X00014760 doi S0022216X00014760 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022216X00014760 Middlebrook Kevin J. Kevin J. Middlebrook is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Indiana University. The Sounds of Silence: Organised Labour's Response to Economic Crisis in Mexico [Elektronische Daten] [Kevin J. Middlebrook] Mexico's post-1982 economic crisis has produced particularly serious challenges for the organised labour movement. Government austerity measures and economic contraction in the private sector resulted in an estimated unemployment rate of 17.6% in 1987.1 At least another 25-35% of the working-age population was employed in only marginally productive activities. Real minimum wages fell by 41.9% between 1982 and mid-1987 under the pressure of record inflation rates2 and government subsidies for basic commodities, mass transportation, electricity, natural gas and gasoline were also drastically reduced or eliminated. These economic conditions and tight government control over wage increases placed incumbent labour leaders under increasing pressure from the rank and file. The prospect of continued economic stagnation and government efforts to redefine the country's model of economic development raise important questions regarding organised labour's long-term position in Mexico's governing ‘revolutionary coalition'. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Journal of Latin American Studies Cambridge University Press 21/1-2(1989-06), 195-220 0022-216X 21:1-2<195 1989 21 LAS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X00014760 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X00014760 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Middlebrook Kevin J. Kevin J. Middlebrook is Assistant Professor of Political Science, Indiana University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Latin American Studies Cambridge University Press 21/1-2(1989-06), 195-220 0022-216X 21:1-2<195 1989 21 LAS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge