Claim and resist: collective labor conflicts of Juiz de Fora (MG) in the Labor Justice during the Brazilian Dictatorship (1964-1974)

• Main Author: Paulo Henrique Silveira Damião
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) 2021-03-01
• Series: Revista Mundos do Trabalho
• Subjects: labor justice; dictatorship; juiz de fora
• Online Access: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/75656/45687

This article deals with the use of Labor Justice by the workers of the city of Juiz de Fora (MG) and their trade union representations during the brazilian military dictatorship. It seeks to understand the act of claiming for rights within the labor courts as a form of action and resistance of the working class against the authoritarian policies of the military governments. In this sense, the collective labor lawsuits judged by the Tribunal Regional do Trabalho da Terceira Região (TRT3) between 1964 and 1974 were used as documentary sources, a period in which the academic production dedicated to the worlds of the workers linked an image of passivity and subordination to the working class. Within this spectrum, the instrument of normative power becomes fundamental to think about how the reception of the labor demands by the TRT3 was given.