Jair Antonio Meneguelli

He was born in São Caetano do Sul, in 1947. He is married, with three daughters. He studied tool implementation at Senai, and completed an internship at Willys Overland in 1963, where he was later hired by the company that became, in 1971, Ford of Brazil. He actively participated in the strikes of 79 and 80, and was a part of the Mobilisation Committee and of the Group of the 16. In 1981, he was one of the main leaders of the strike that took over Ford's provisional Factory Committee. In the same year, he assumed the Presidency of the Union, and was re-elected in 1984. He was president of CUT since its inception, in 1983, until 1984, when he was elected federal deputy by the PT and was re-elected in 1998.