THE DECLINE OF THE CAMPONESIAN LEAGUES AND THE ASCENSION OF THE TRADE UNIONS: The organizations of rural workers in Pernambuco in the Second Republic, 1955-1963
While the Peasant Leagues were the dominant organization in the ranks of rural labor in the Pernambuco sugar zone in the late 1950s, rural trade unions had eclipsed the Leagues in importance by 1963. This article analyzes how this shift in labor representation took place. It argues that the conf...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Clio: Revista de Pesquisa Histórica |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/revistaclio/article/view/24184/19623 |
| Summary: | While the Peasant Leagues were the dominant organization in
the ranks of rural labor in the Pernambuco sugar zone in the late 1950s,
rural trade unions had eclipsed the Leagues in importance by 1963. This
article analyzes how this shift in labor representation took place. It argues
that the conflicts that established the unions took place in localized,
fragmented settings; the state set the boundaries of permissible conflict,
but within these boundaries, local outcomes depended on the nature and strength of mass organizations and the landlords who opposed them; and
finally the state was also able to assume some of the landlords’ costs and
thus underwrite their accommodation to the unions. |
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| ISSN: | 2525-5649 2525-5649 |