Abstract
The article analyzes the processes of intervention in trade unions carried out by the Ministry of Labor in the first years after the 1964 coup, in order to clarify the mechanisms and justifications used by the dictatorial state to remove legitimately elected boards of directors and disarticulate the workers' struggle. To this end, the work profiles Arnaldo Sussekind, Minister of Labor of the Castelo Branco's administration, in order to expose the contradictions of the government's projects for the working class, thus highlighting strife within the Ministry. The analysis brings to light the contrast between officials' public statements and documented actions. It also identifies the main actors involved in the choice of the caretaker leadership and the latter's role in the implementation of a new model of trade unionism being designed within the regime's bureaucracy.
Keywords
Ministry of Labor; Dictatorship; Union Intervention