As lutas dos trabalhadores bancários contra a ditadura (1964-1985) no Brasil: a oposição às intervenções sindicais e à lei de greve

Abstract

This article discusses the struggles of bank employees against the violent attacks of the dictatorship (1964-1985) in workers organizations. This process is particularly evidenced in the banking trade union bodies and anti-strike legislation embodied in the notorious Law 4.330/64 and Decree 1.632/78, which determines the right to and the prohibition of strikes. Despite the heavy persecution and repression to the mobilization of the working class, the strike movements as well as other forms of workers and social movements continued and had a growth during the period that was studied.