This article studies the attitudes of the industrial bourgeoisie of
Rio Grande do Sul towards the wage policies followed by the brazilian
authoritarian government between 1964 and 1980. The analysis is based
on a wider investigation, having as its main objective to achieve a better
understanding of the specific characteristics of the attitudes of those
entrepreneurs regarding state intervention on the determination of wage
levels. The attitudes of the industrialists of São Paulo are taken as a basis
for comparison.
The main conclusion — derived from an analysis of statements and
publication of the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio Grande do Sul
(Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul) - is that the local
industrial bourgeoisie always supported state control of wage levels.This article studies the attitudes of the industrial bourgeoisie of
Rio Grande do Sul towards the wage policies followed by the brazilian
authoritarian government between 1964 and 1980. The analysis is based
on a wider investigation, having as its main objective to achieve a better
understanding of the specific characteristics of the attitudes of those
entrepreneurs regarding state intervention on the determination of wage
levels. The attitudes of the industrialists of São Paulo are taken as a basis
for comparison.
The main conclusion — derived from an analysis of statements and
publication of the Federation of Industries of the State of Rio Grande do Sul
(Federação das Indústrias do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul) - is that the local
industrial bourgeoisie always supported state control of wage levels
