First General Strike in Brazil

Date: June 1, 1857 • Location: Salvador, Brazil

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 1857.

The Revolution of the Ganhadores was a labor strike that involved African porters, known as ganhadores, in the Brazilian city of Salvador, Bahia. The strike began following the passage of a city ordinance that changed the way the ganhadores operated in the city. The strike ended in a partial victory for the strikers, as the city council replaced the ordinance with another one that did away with some of the more unpopular provisions.