This book analyses the conflicts that emerged from the Brazilian labour movement's active participation in a rapidly changing political environment, particularly in the context of the coming to power of a party with strong roots in the labour movement. While the close relations with the Workers'...

Introduction: an arc of triumph and despair -- Tired of the abuse: gender and the rise of the Sindicato de la Industria Pesquera 1970-1979 -- The cost of solidarity: the Salvadoran labor movement in Puerto el Triunfo and greater San Salvador, 1979-1980 -- The last chance: the Junta...