Seis de Julho / July 6th: The Oil Workers' Strike of 1983

The book "July 6th: The 1983 Oil Workers' Strike ," by Carlos Lucena, is an analysis of the oil workers' strike that occurred on July 6, 1983, in Paulínia (SP) and Mataripe (BA). The work describes this event as one of the main strike movements of the 1980s. The author argues that the strike was an act of national resistance against the interests of international creditors led by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The workers' objective was to prevent the privatization of state-owned companies and the mass layoffs being imposed by the government of João Figueiredo, in line with the neoliberal policies of the time.