Trajectories of Identity of the Workers in the Iron and Steel Industry Lázaro Cárdenas Las Truchas, Michoacán

Abstract

We considered experiences about identity trajectories of the Siderúrgica Lázaro Cárdenas Las Truchas workers who lived the firm’s modernization process in the years 1991-1992. Research results are presented in the context of economic globalization, commerce liberalization and loosing role of welfare state. Some Latin American authors have constructed a new sociology about the impact in the identities and subjectivities in the context of flexibility of work. The purpose of this paper is to have an insight about sociology identities regarding the experience of Mexico working class.