Panel Discussion

Labor history has been dominated by nationally centered accounts, and its teaching has drawn traditionally on local available resources. This trend, however, has been questioned repeatedly and we can say that at least part of the discipline has made a global turn (see for example the journey of those associated with the International Institute of Social History reviewed in ‘On the road to global labour history : a festschrift for Marcel van der Linden’ edited by Karl Heinz Roth (2017) or the progress done by research on the International Labour Organization evolution, works and impact beyond Europe and advanced economies reviewed by Daniel Maul in ‘The International Labour Organization: 100 years of global social policy’ (2019)). This paper will review experiences of teaching Latin America labour history to postgraduate and non-traditional students (union members) guided by this global turn using international organization’s archives and resources.