Trabalhadores e estado: aspectos históricos do mundo do trabalho na Era Vargas (1930-1945)

Abstract

Workers and the State: Historical Aspects of the World of Work in the Vargas Era (1930-1945) is an exploratory and qualitative study that aims to understand the main aspects of workers' lives in Brazil during the Vargas Era. It examines the events that marked the lives of these workers, how their movements and unions were organized, how they were viewed by the government, and what actions were taken against them, including the forms of repression used. In short, it addresses sensitive issues concerning workers from the 1930 revolution until Vargas's suicide in 1945. It explores what workers gained or lost under his government, and how the changes of that period still affect workers' lives today. The study shows how an authoritarian government can change the ways of thinking and acting of its population.