Levéltári Közlemények, 88. (2017)

Munkavégzés és szabadidő-kultúra a 19-20. században - Kiss András: „Nem hisszük, hogy a lakótelepi dolgozók csak sör, vagy egyéb ital fogyasztásában találnák meg szórakozásukat”. Munkavégzés és szabadidő-kultúra a Csepel Autógyárban

ANDRÁS K

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“WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE WORKERS FROM THE MICRORAION WOULD ONLY FIND THEIR ENTERTAINMENT IN CONSUMING BEER OR OTHER DRINKS” WORK AND LEISURE CULTURE AT THE CSEPEL AUTOMOBILE FACTORY The purpose of this study is to draw attention to the work circumstances of the workers of the Csepel Automobile Factory and examine how they spent their free time. Since the foundation of the company, the employees have found informal possibilities for recreation. These were not always consistent with the expectation of the authority, according to which they should have pursue social work or other individual leisure activities for the party and the company after their working hours. In the 1950s, the development of the social, welfare and cultural institutions of the factory hardly kept pace with the growth of lorry production. The investment program of the company’s cultural center was only approved in 1959 and the center was inaugurated in 1961. The opening of the culture house contributed to the fact that the workers could spend their free time in tidy conditions. Its significance was that the center was not only for the “workers”, as advertised by the propaganda, but became one of the important cultural alignment points of the villages of Csepel Island.

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