In defense of sacred interests: the railroad workers strikes in South Bahia (Ilhéus and Itabuna, May 1927)

Abstract

The main objective this article is to analyze the railroad workers strikes of the State of Bahia South-western Railway Co. Ltd.in 1927. The railroad workers strikes were one of the principal worker’s campaign in South Bahia during First Republic, with mobilization much working-class associations of Ilhéus and Itabuna city around of the activities and the schedule “in defense of sacred interests”. Of pacific way and acting inside of the oligarchic Politic, the railroad workers turn up popularity strikes, so that press over mayor, parliamentarians and patronal associations, and use themselves of the Brazilian nationalism against the English chiefs of the railway company. This article was writing from newspaper, institutionals reports and correspondence researched at archives from Bahia and Rio de Janeiro.

Keywords

• railroad workers
• strikes
• south bahia
• ilhéus