O SINDJORNAL e a reorganização do movimento sindical alagoano no contexto do novo sindicalismo (1978-1983)

Abstract

This work analyzes the social and political context of Alagoas at the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. It intends enlight the struggles that took place in the civil society of Alagoas at that time and how the process of reorganization of the trade union movement began. The starting point of this analysis is the election of SINDJORNAL (Journalists Trade Union) in 1978, when an opposition trend headed by Freitas Neto won the election and begun a new moment in the category regarding union practices. The final period of our research is the year of 1983, when the SINDJORNAL chose to participate in the construction of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT). In summary, journalists were extremely relevant to rebuild Alagoas' trade unionism in this period.