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Trabalho urbano e conflito social [Urban Labor and Social Conflict]
Clássico que investiga a história das lutas operárias e a formação da classe trabalhadora no Brasil.
Trabalho urbano e conflito social, do historiador Boris Fausto, foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1976. O livro trata da história da formação da classe trabalhadora e do movimento operário no Rio de Janeiro e em São Paulo, entre 1890 e 1920.
O surgimento de uma classe trabalhadora urbana e industrial no Brasil é acompanhado de perto pela reconstituição de suas formas de organização e mobilização política. Visionário e rigoroso, este livro é uma referência obrigatória para quem deseja entender o que foram as relações de trabalho no século XX no Brasil.
Trabalho urbano e conflito social, do historiador Boris Fausto, foi publicado pela primeira vez em 1976. O livro trata da história da formação da classe trabalhadora e do movimento operário no Rio de Janeiro e em São Paulo, entre 1890 e 1920.
O surgimento de uma classe trabalhadora urbana e industrial no Brasil é acompanhado de perto pela reconstituição de suas formas de organização e mobilização política. Visionário e rigoroso, este livro é uma referência obrigatória para quem deseja entender o que foram as relações de trabalho no século XX no Brasil.
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First published January 1, 1976
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Boris Fausto
31 books23 followersBORIS FAUSTO nasceu em 1930, em São Paulo. É professor aposentado do Departamento de Ciência Política da USP, membro da Academia Brasileira de Ciências e autor de livros como A revolução de 1930, Negócios e ócios e O crime do restaurante chinês.
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December 17, 2018
This book offers an account on the labor movement during the First Republic in Brazil. Boris Fausto highlights the ideological bases of the workers' struggle in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the challenge of the leaderships to organize the movement and make it popular. The book also provides a detailed description of the main strikes of the time. Of particular interest is the period 1917-1920 marked by intense agitation of the movements initiated by the strike of 1917.
The strike of 1917 began in the Cotonificio Crespi on June 9 after workers' dissatisfaction with the prolongation of night service without the desired salary counterpart. After 400 workers went on strike and broadened demand, Crespi paralyzed. There follows a strike at the Ipiranga (Jafet) stamping, which is soon quelled by meeting the demands of the workers. On July 7 about 1,000 Antarctic brewery workers joined the strike. After conflicts with the police and the death of a young cobbler, the strike grows with the addition of workers of 35 companies making up about 15 thousand strikers. At the height of the movement, between July 12 and 15, the strike numbered between 25,000 and 45,000 people. The strike 1917 suffered with strong repression of the State. On July 13 a group of companies agreed to grant a 20% increase in wages.
Far more than marginal gains to the workers, the First Republic workers' movement was instrumental in placing the social agenda in the political discussion. As is well known these demands would accumulate and unfold in the Revolution of 1930. This history only makes clear that the expansion of social spending and labor rights of the Vargas Era was less the work of a progressive elite than a necessary response to a socially unsustainable situation.
Although this book deals with a particular aspect of Brazilian history in the early XX century, it tells a lot about Brazil history in general
The strike of 1917 began in the Cotonificio Crespi on June 9 after workers' dissatisfaction with the prolongation of night service without the desired salary counterpart. After 400 workers went on strike and broadened demand, Crespi paralyzed. There follows a strike at the Ipiranga (Jafet) stamping, which is soon quelled by meeting the demands of the workers. On July 7 about 1,000 Antarctic brewery workers joined the strike. After conflicts with the police and the death of a young cobbler, the strike grows with the addition of workers of 35 companies making up about 15 thousand strikers. At the height of the movement, between July 12 and 15, the strike numbered between 25,000 and 45,000 people. The strike 1917 suffered with strong repression of the State. On July 13 a group of companies agreed to grant a 20% increase in wages.
Far more than marginal gains to the workers, the First Republic workers' movement was instrumental in placing the social agenda in the political discussion. As is well known these demands would accumulate and unfold in the Revolution of 1930. This history only makes clear that the expansion of social spending and labor rights of the Vargas Era was less the work of a progressive elite than a necessary response to a socially unsustainable situation.
Although this book deals with a particular aspect of Brazilian history in the early XX century, it tells a lot about Brazil history in general
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