%0 Journal Article %T Clase obrera urbana en la industria del caf¨¦: Escogedoras, trilladoras y r¨¦gimen laboral en Antioquia, 1910-1942 %A Ram¨ªrez Bacca %A Renzo %J Desarrollo y Sociedad %D 2010 %I Universidad de los Andes %X the author analyses an urban working-class population linked to the coffee industry: the sorter women. he studies the group profile from different factors such as age, marital status, and literacy in the medell¨ªn working class context; to go then to a deeper study on the municipal threshers of concordia town (in antioquia department) case. he observes its organization and work regime taking into account the different work agents -sorter women, directors, administrators and managers-, and the relationship between the company and the local public administration- representatives and municipal consultative council-. the author describes the company's present organizational structure, its relationship with the public establishment and the coffee trading agencies; following an exposition about the spreading and consolidation process of coffee culture in antioquia, especially in antioquia's southwest; and a concise assessment on historiography related to the zone and the subject matter. %K sorter women %K threshers %K coffee %K work %K organization %K antioquia. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0120-35842010000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en