Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura
National Confederation of Agricultural Workers | |
| Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura | |
| Founded | December 22, 1963 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Brasília, Brazil |
| Location | |
Key people | Vânia Marques Pinto, president |
| Website | www.contag.org.br |
Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura (National Confederation of Agricultural Workers, CONTAG) is the largest federation of agricultural workers' labor unions in Brazil. It represents 20 million rural workers in 27 associations and around 4 thousand unions.
The CONTAG was founded on December 22, 1963 in Rio de Janeiro. At the time there were 14 associations and 475 rural workers' unions. With the 1964 military coup, the federation and its unions were taken over by the government. Many union leaders were imprisoned or forced into exile. However, by 1968 the organization began to act independently and encouraged the formation of rural unions and federations in Brazil. The number of rural unions grew from 625 in 1968 to 2144 in 1980.
Presidents
| President | Term start | Term end | References | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndolpho Silva (SP) |
1963 | 1964 | [1] | |
| José Rotta (SP) |
1965 | 1968 | [2] | President appointed after 1964 |
| José Francisco da Silva (PE) |
1968 | 1989 | [3] | |
| Aloísio Carneiro (BA) |
1989 | 1992 | [4] | |
| Francisco Urbano de Araújo Filho (RN) |
1992 | 1997 | [5] | |
| Manoel José dos Santos (PE) |
1998 | 2009 | [6] | |
| Alberto Ercilio Broch (RS) |
2010 | 2017 | [7] | |
| Aristides Veras dos Santos (PE) |
2017 | 2021 | [8] | |
| Vânia Marques Pinto (BA) |
2025 | present | [9] | First woman elected to lead the union |
References
- ↑ "Arquivo Lyndolpho Silva". Arquivo de Lideranças Sindicais no Brasil. CPDA/UFRRJ. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
- ↑ Cliff Welch (April 15, 1997). "El sindicalismo agrario en Brasil: la actuación de la CONTAG en los años 90". Scripta Nova (in Spanish). Universitat de Barcelona. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
- ↑ Leonilde Servolo de Medeiros. "A Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores na Agricultura (CONTAG): política e organização (1963–1995)" (PDF). Programa de Pós-Graduação em História. Universidade Federal Fluminense. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
- ↑ "PL 3746/2004 – Ficha de Tramitação". Câmara dos Deputados. Câmara dos Deputados. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Criar consciência para resistir". Museu da Pessoa. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Diário Oficial do Estado de Pernambuco" (PDF). Diário Oficial. Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de Pernambuco (ALEPE). April 21, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
- ↑ "Alberto Broch". VIII Global Conference on Family Farming. World Rural Forum. Retrieved July 25, 2026.
- ↑ "O pernambucano Aristides Veras é eleito presidente da Contag". FETAPE. August 2, 2017. Retrieved July 15, 2026.
- ↑ "Vânia Marques será a primeira mulher presidente da CONTAG". FETARN. Federação dos Trabalhadores Rurais Agricultores e Agricultoras Familiares do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Retrieved July 24, 2026.
- Boris Fausto (2006). A Concise History of Brazil. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-300-08007-7.
- Riordan Roett (1999). Brazil: politics in a patrimonial society. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-95900-7.