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  • Ricardo Lugones (37) works at IMPA in Buenos Aires for 10 years. He used to work as a Pizza delivery guy, got often robbed during  work and therefore did not feel safe anymore. His father, a former IMPA worker, recommended him to work at IMPA.
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  • Victor Rodriguez (29) (middle).Works at Impa for 10 years..Because he wants to work there.
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  • Today Impa produces metallurgic products, mainly aluminum tubes and foil.
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  • While the factory owners were stuck in negotiations with creditors, in May of 1998, IMPA employees, past and present decided to "recuperate" the inactive factory and begin production, using the machinery and materials that had been left, and paying out of their own pockets to purchase whatever else they needed,
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  • In the beginning of the recuperation, the workers earned hardly anything. For over a year they had to get by with 5 Argentinian Pesos a week.
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  • A worker is waving his hands at his collegues to ask for help with a machine. The old machines at the factory break down often.
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  • A worker undresses and washes himself at the end of the workday.
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  • IMPA. La fabrica Recuperada, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Jose Cortina is 80 years old and has been working at IMPA since 1947. During this time, he has seen four different military dictatorships. Cortina began his career as an administrative worker. <br />
Today he is a sales manager and responsible for contacts with customers.
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