Clandestino e mobilização nas linhas de montagem: a construção da greve dos metalúrgicos de 1985, em Manaus

Abstract

This work examines the metallurgical strike that occurred in August 1985 in Manaus, Amazonas. Its goal was to know and understand how mobilization and organization of amazon workers, protagonists of the most important strike registered in the city. We use a oral history methodology, which enabled us to understand the process of formation of Oposição Sindical Metalúrgica, the conquest of the Union and the organization of workers inside and outside of the factories, which ensured the large membership of workers to the outage. From the registry in memory of some of the leaders of the outage, coverage by the local press, through the materials disseminated by newspapers A Crítica, Jornal do Commércio and A Notícia and other documents found in personal holdings of Union of Metallurgical and other public institutions, could also understand the central role played by the Catholic Church through Comunidades Eclesiais de Base (CEBs) and Pastoral Operária, training policy of the leaders of the movement, in addition to the significant contribution of the Federação de Órgãos para Assistência Social e Educacional (FASE) during the organization of the strike.