sentences:  As secretary of labor under the military regime that came to power in 1943, Colonel Juan Domingo Perón courted the unions and working class and by doing so established a power base that threatened the government.As a result, Perón was demoted and imprisoned, but the unions showed their strength in a multitudinous demonstration on October 17, 1945 that effectively propelled Perón towards the presidency.As president, Perón consolidated both his power over the union movement (edging out and suppressing for instance unionists from anarchist tradition) and his power over the country by establishing a corporatist alliance with organized labor.