Sindicato, associativismo e trabalho: a experiência dos trabalhadores rurais de Pariconha durante a Ditadura Militar

Abstract

The present communication seeks to understand the process of constitution of the union and the agricultural cooperative of Pariconha, during the period of the military dictatorship. The political context of the time were the main factors for workers to unite with other sectors of civil society, for the creation of the cooperative and the union, they obtained support from some movements, from the Catholic Church, too many sympathizers of the cause. In the period where coronelismo predominated, the monopoly of a small group of landowners, placed the price below the market in the production of grains. The creation of the union and the cooperative was not something planned, but arose from the need to alleviate the inequality it was facing. Consequently, some associate members were denounced and arrested. This work was carried out based on bibliographical research, interviews, field work. The union of rural workers in Água Branca, quickly strengthened, when facing the dominant political and economic power of the municipality, generating conditions, together with the cooperative fulfilling its commercial role.