The World of Work, the Restructuring of Production, and Challenges to Trade Unionism and Social Struggles in Brazil

Antunes, Ricardo; Hallewell, Laurence

doi:10.1177/0094582x0002700602

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“…At the international level, local unions sought out foreign allies, in particular unions at major companies' headquarters, hoping to find a path to influence global executives (see . Cutting across scales, finally, unions moved away from "combative" stance to incorporate a "social-democratic" agenda (see Antunes, 2000).…”

Section: Metal and Chemical Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cross-border Trade Union Networks in Transnational Corporation: A comparison between sectors

2021

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This article analyses cross-border trade union networks in Transnational Corporations (TNCs) in the metal and chemical, garment, retail, and commercial banking sectors in Brazil. Conceptualized as global union responses to the growing reach of TNCs, such networks have been established in different settings in the country and have engaged major corporations outside of traditional industrial relations frameworks, venturing into the controversial field of social dialogue, corporate responsibility, and private governance. From different research backgrounds, our findings suggest that union networks in TNCs can be used to rearrange union prerogatives across different levels but remain embedded in previous institutional structures. In this sense, such unions incorporate existing union boundaries, including the exclusion of relevant groups of workers, even as they can scale up the scope of trade union action.

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Section: Metal and Chemical Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Cross-border Trade Union Networks in Transnational Corporation: A comparison between sectors

2021

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“…Several major trends were prominent agents of change in this period. Industrial restructuring altered the productive arrangement and geographical location of manufacturing firms (Antunes, 2000; Humphrey, 2003). Labor flexibilization policies weakened regulation, increased informalization, and led to decreased worker benefits (Berg, 2011; Pochmann, 2009).…”

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The New Developmentalism and the Challenges to Long-Term Stability in Brazil

Carrillo¹

2014

Latin American Perspectives

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A new developmentalism is said to have taken hold in Brazil over the past decade. Incorporating multiple policy strategies, it has three main pillars: promoting inclusive growth in the home economy, engaging the international economy to underpin national development and to sustain long-term growth, and pursuing internal and external objectives through the collaboration of a strong state and a strong market. In spite of several major accomplishments, this approach has disproportionately used industrial policy tools to privilege firms in traditional sectors and foster increased reliance on commodities, tendencies that have been enabled by bureaucratic incoherence and weak oversight of public financing. This makes it unlikely that deep productive transformation, a key developmentalist objective as defined by the East Asian experience, will materialize. Dizem que nesta última década, um novo desenvolvimentalismo tomou posse no Brasil. Incorpora muitas estratégias, as quais tem três suportes principais: a promoção dum crescimento globalmente compreensivo no mercado nacional, o aumento das relações com a economia internacional para apoiar o desenvolvimento interno e sustentar o crescimento a longo prazo, e a alcance de objetivos pela colaboração entre um Estado e um mercado fortes. A pesar de várias realizações importantes, este política há empregado, desproporcionalmente, instrumentos de política industrial no sentido de favorecer as empresas dos setores tradicionais e aumentar dependência nas materias primas: uma tendência possibilidada pela incoerência nos procedimentos burocráticos e pela fiscalização fraca dos gastos públicos. Por isso é pouco provável que se realizar qualquer transformação da produção, a que deve ser um objetivo chave desenvolvimentista segundo as padrões da experiências recentes da Ásia oriental.

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“…For Zilbovicius [8], the basic assumption of the idea of flexibility currently adopted by companies is that, as one moves away from the model of Taylorism-Fordism toward Toyotism, flexibility increases. One of the principal innovative characteristics of this production model in relation to its predecessor is that demand determines production [11], and not the opposite, as occurs in the assembly line mass production of Fordism.…”

Section: Flexibility: the Watchword Of Management Discoursementioning

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Toyotism in Brazil: The Contrast between Discourse and Practice and the Consequences for Workers' Health

Bernardo

Sato²

2010

New Solut

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In recent decades, a predominant discourse has emerged in the media, particularly in the business management literature, that affirms moving beyond rigid Taylorism-Fordism to a more flexible work organization model considered to be more humanized. This article presents some results of a study that analyzed the experiences of workers in two Japanese automobile plants in Brazil with respect to aspects of the organization of work that have been promoted as positive by this predominant business management discourse. The plants studied employ the Japanese production model which has served as the principal reference for the idea of increased flexibility. The ethnographic methodology used included open-ended interviews (individual and in groups), informal conversation with workers, and participation in activities promoted by the union that represented the workers interviewed. The data analyzed took into account the experience of more than 40 workers. We conclude that the consequences of the work experiences of the workers who participated in the study are mental suffering and illness, and not a more humane work environment, as many business management publications have argued.

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The World of Work, the Restructuring of Production, and Challenges to Trade Unionism and Social Struggles in Brazil

Cited by 7 publications

References 5 publications

Cross-border Trade Union Networks in Transnational Corporation: A comparison between sectors

Cross-border Trade Union Networks in Transnational Corporation: A comparison between sectors

The New Developmentalism and the Challenges to Long-Term Stability in Brazil

Toyotism in Brazil: The Contrast between Discourse and Practice and the Consequences for Workers' Health

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