This article aims to contribute to the understanding of social and political-ideological profile of Conlutas, a trade union and popular organization created in 2004 as a CUT's dissidence, with the participation of different social movements. The analysis is based on a survey conducted during the Conlutas First National Congress, occurred in 2008 July in the city of Betim (MG//Brazil). The results show that Conlutas mainly represents non-manual workers from the public sector, particularly from education, who earn up to 3 minimum wages and have stable working conditions.
Conlutas; trade unionism; social movements; Lula's government
