Brukman factory

Currently under the control of a worker cooperative called "18 de Diciembre", it is among the most famous of the country's "recovered factories".

On December 18, 2001, about fifty people (most of them women) met at the factory and demanded to be granted a travel allowance, just to be able to keep their jobs.

At midnight, April 18, 2003, more than 300 infantry troops from the Argentine federal police and about 30 civilians succeeded in forcing out the workers.

A few hours later, still before dawn, 3,000 demonstrators were already gathered around Brukman to support the workers, including piqueteros and neighbourhood assembly members.

On April 21, the Buenos Aires provincial police attacked demonstrators who had come to protest the expulsion; there were 20 wounded and a hundred arrests.