O Sindmetalmoc: um estudo do movimento sindical dos trabalhadores metalúrgicos de Montes Claros –MG (1979 - 2012)

Abstract

This work aims to study the historical process of emergence and development of the metalworkers' union of Montes Claros - MG. We sought to analyze how SINDMETALMOC worked in the conflictive social relations that were forged in the clash between the boss, owner of the financial capital, and the worker, a salaried manpower who wanted both to remain employed and to see his fundamental rights and guarantees assured. We reconstituted the organization's history, identifying and problematizing the trajectory of its main leaders, pointing out the issues and mobilizations carried out during the period from 1979 to 2012 always confronting them with the local and national conjuncture. We discuss its transformations over time, punctuating the existence of two distinct phases: one more combative with CUT's approach and another one based on the negotiations, time of its affiliation to Labor's Union Power. Documents produced by the Labor's Union and the labor's courts were used as sources, the local press, the works of regional writers, and the academic literature on the topic.