The Brazilian Union Movement in the Twenty-first Century: The PT governments, the Coup, and the Counterreforms

Unionism, an allied, albeit subordinate, force in the neodevelopmentalist political front of the governments of Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, was relatively absent from the mobilizations against or in favor of Dilma's impeachment compared with other social movements and sought to resist and, in a way, realign itself to counter the counterreforms of Michel Temer's government. Although union and popular demonstrations have multiplied, the absence of a unified strategy in the face of the coup and the reforms have weakened the possibilities of union resistance, and losses for workers have accumulated. O sindicalismo foi uma forca aliada, ainda que subordinada, na frente politica neodesenvolvimentista dos governos de Lula da Silva e Dilma Rousseff, foi uma forca politica relativamente ausente nas mobilizacoes contra ou a favor do impeachment de Dilma, se comparado a outros movimentos sociais e tem procurado resistir e, de certo modo, se realinhar, para enfrentar as contrarreformas do governo de Michel Temer. No entanto, apesar de as manifestacoes sindicais e populares terem se multiplicado, a ausencia de uma estrategia unificada diante do golpe e das reformas fragilizou as possibilidades de resistencia sindical e as perdas para os trabalhadores tem se acumulado.