POR UNA LEGISLACIóN SOCIAL EN CHILE: EL MOVIMIENTO DE LOS PANADEROS (1888-1930)

this article studies the evolution of the bakers' movement in chile, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the 1930s. special reference is made to the demonstrations organized to elimínate night work in the bakeries in 1923 and 1924. the main argument is that the bakers' movement was in a transitional period of organization from a resistance society to a labour-union organization. as a result there was an attempt to institutionalize their demands and accept legislation, which explains their demand in order to elimínate night work. the improvement of working conditions implied the modernization of the labour market and the generation of new forms of labour control.