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asambleísta

15:17 Jan 29, 2019
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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Spanish term or phrase: asambleísta
A text about a work by a contemporary Argentine artist:

En uno de los videos, dice Constanza Giuliani en el texto que acompañó la exhibición, se ve a “los eternos asambleístas de una fábrica de globos abandonada”.

This does NOT refer to assemblymen or assemblywomen in the classic sense of a formal governing body, but rather to participants in a popular assembly that characterized politics in Argentina in aftermath of the crisis of 2001.

Thanks
Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 01:49


Summary of answers provided
3 +2picketer
patinba
4trade unionists / union members
claudia bagnardi
4protesters
neilmac
5 -1afiliados
Yudith Madrazo
Summary of reference entries provided
Pickets
neilmac
Wendy Streitparth

Discussion entries: 6





  

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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
trade unionists / union members


Explanation:
That's what I think it means.
Claudia

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Note added at 13 mins (2019-01-29 15:31:20 GMT)
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Union men may also do the trick

claudia bagnardi
Local time: 01:49
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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
picketer


Explanation:
It is what protesting workers usually do ourside plants:

Q&A Employment Law 2009-2010 - Page 139 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.com.ar/books?isbn=1135242712
Deborah Lockton - 2009 - ‎Law
It was held that he was not entitled to a guarantee payment as the lay-off was a consequence of the picket outside the factory. In Terry's case, the union has ...
Grunwick dispute: What did the 'strikers in saris' achieve? - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-37244466
Sep 10, 2016 - After a few months picketing outside the factory, their cause was taken up by ... Mrs Desai and her colleagues felt abandoned and disillusioned.
New styles of strikes and protest are emerging in the UK
theconversation.com/new-styles-of-strikes-and-protest-are-emerging-in-the-uk-94528
Apr 9, 2018 - The image of strikers picketing outside factory gates is usually seen as something from the archives. Official statistics show an almost perennial ...

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-01-29 16:38:42 GMT)
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Asamblea piquetera - Actualidad | LaPrensa.com.ar
www.laprensa.com.ar/89139-Asamblea-piquetera.note.aspx
Feb 17, 2002 - Se inició en Plaza de Mayo la asamblea piquetera que continuará hoy en un teatro de Avellaneda. Organizaciones de desocupados de todo el ...
A dónde va la Asamblea Piquetera
www.pts.org.ar/A-donde-va-la-Asamblea-Piquetera
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Segunda reunión en La Matanza el 4 de setiembre. A dónde va la Asamblea Piquetera. 23 Aug 2001 | Luis D"Elia de la FTV-CTA y Juan Carlos Alderete de la ...



patinba
Argentina
Local time: 01:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 272

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Robert Carter: Ah, yes, that makes much more sense. I had overlooked the date here, and for some reason I assumed it was earlier in the 20th century.
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
neutral  philgoddard: This does look convincing because of "asamblea piquetera", but have you found any references showing that "asambleísta" is picketer?
1 hr
  -> I think it can be assumed that a member of an "asamblea piquetera" is an "asambleista", if rather sardonically, which is in line with their description as "eternos"
agree  neilmac: So "piquetero" -> picketer...
17 hrs
  -> Yep - rentacrowd members encountered on a daily basis here in BA,
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
protesters


Explanation:
Perhaps this will be broad enough to cover most angles (and yes, I do know that it's usually "manifestantes" in Spanish)...


    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/protester
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 06:49
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
afiliados


Explanation:
Afiliados, the way to call the members of a Union.

Example sentence(s):
  • Los afiliados al sindicato de la Cultura

    Reference: http://www.trabajadores.cu/20180513/asamblea-de-afiliados-pa...
Yudith Madrazo
Cuba
Local time: 00:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: Not in English and anyway the meaning here is more precise than that
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Reference comments


2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Pickets

Reference information:
A picket (not "picketer") is a worker or group of workers who protest outside a building to prevent other workers from going inside, at least in the UK.
And, slightly off topic, there was a pop group called the Flying Pickets...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Pickets


    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/flying-picket
    https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/picket
neilmac
Spain
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  AllegroTrans
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Reference

Reference information:
Se conoce como movimiento piquetero al movimiento de trabajadores desocupados surgido en Argentina a mediados de la década de 1990.

La denominación "piquetero" proviene del hecho de que los movimientos de desocupados principalmente tienen como forma de protesta social, la instalación de piquetes en lugares estratégicos, para imposibilitar total o parcialmente la circulación por calles, caminos o rutas.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piquetero

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 17

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  neilmac: So "picketer" would be a reverse calque...Interesting.
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