“…In the strike of the ABC metalworkers, a conflict was observed that resulted in the confrontation between the State and the civil society. For Gramsci, the State represses because it is a political society, situated in the sphere above civil society, but an actor of civil society, being composed of various types of civil organizations, namely: trade unions, associations, church, school, media and parties (Simionatto, 2011). So much so that the Catholic Church supported the unionists again and these, after weakened, return in the dictatorial decline (Villa, 2014).…”