Abstract

D’URSO, Lucila. Reformas laborales y estrategias sindicales. Claves de análisis a partir del caso del Sindicato dos Metalúgicos do ABC en Brasil. Sociohistórica [online]. 2021, n.48, e143. ISSN 1852-1606.  http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.24215/18521606e143.

This article analyses the relationship between union strategies and labour reforms. In this direction, the research retrieves the experience of the Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos do ABC in Brazil during the governments of the Partido dos Trabalhadores and in the years following to the approval of the labour reform. To this aim, we will study the dynamics of labour conflict between 2003 and 2013. Then, we will focus on the union stance on the labour reform, identifying continuities and ruptures in its strategy with respect to the previous years. When considering elements referred to the political and ideological orientation of the union action, it is possible to conclude that the modifications in labour regulations not only express an offensive, from the dominant sectors, against historical working class’ conquests, but they can also legitimize union strategies likely to validate the flexibility of labour relations.

Keywords : Union strategies; Labour reforms; Brazil.

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