Workers andunionismin Uruguay during the dictatorship (1973-1985): bibliography, sources and available documentary collections

The article proposes an initial approximation, of a descriptive and analytical nature, to the bibliography, and some of the sources and documentary collections that are currently available for the study of workers and tradeunionism, and their relationship with the State, during the last Uruguayan dictatorship (1973-1985). To this end, it is presented a short summary of the bibliographic production on the subject, emphasizing the documentary and oral sources that have been used. Then, the sources identified by the authors are described and analyzed, taking as axis the experiences, results and difficulties visualized in the research carried out on this subject. Finally, the conclusions will be a general assessment of the situation in Uruguay regarding the study of workers and unionism in dictatorship, raising new questions, as well as possiblelines of work in the future.