Brazil’s president was union chief who led metalworkers’ strikes of 1979-80 that paved the way for return of democracy Day after day, tens of thousands of metalworkers would cram on to the football pitch in São Paulo’s industrial suburbs to demand higher wages and, perhaps unwittingly, transform ...

Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/15/brazil-president-lula-strikes-launch-fourth-term-campaign)

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