Our History

The history of the Tally Clerks is an epic of struggle, grit and fellowship. In the early 1930s, the port administration and shipping agencies handled the checking of cargo loading and unloading at the Port of Paranaguá; when staff were lacking, casual workers were called upon — and that was the starting point.

After much struggle, on May 28, 1938, in the auditorium of the Stevedores' Union, the Union of Cargo Loading and Unloading Tally Clerks of the Port of Paranaguá was officially born, with Olympio Barthô Toccheton — a former telegraph operator from São Paulo, with a Paranaguá heart — as its first president.

Official recognition by the Ministry of Labor, Industry and Commerce came 46 days after the founding, through Decree No. 24,694/34. In 1939, registration of tally clerks with the Port Authority became mandatory, and the profession was later regulated, with mandatory enrollment at the Maritime Labor Office.