Os trabalhadores têxteis e sua luta por direitos na justiça do trabalho (Juiz de Fora, década de 1950)

Abstract

This study seeks to understand how the Juiz de Fora’s textile workers fought for rights by the Labour Court in the 1950s, especially when hit by the effects of the productive structure’s process of modernization that exists in some textile mills in the city. It also analyzes the posture of workers in relation to other devices used by the business in order to reduce the costs associated with payroll, even if not directly linked to the restructuring of the production process. Is approached, although in some cases the position of the judiciary in an attempt to understand the circumstances in which the sentences are favorable to either side.