Programa de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Pública, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. R. Leopoldo Bulhões 1480, Manguinhos. 21041-210 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil.
Centro de Estudos da Saúde do Trabalhador e Ecologia Humana, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil.
Cien Saude Colet. 2021 Dec;26(12):5905-5914. doi: 10.1590/1413-812320212612.14602021. Epub 2021 Jul 17.
The Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex is one of the most significant heavy civil construction projects in Brazil. In 2014, we witnessed a significant strike for improved working conditions, which exposed different perspectives on workers and union representation. This study analyzes the meanings exposed by worker and union action in their implications for the collective defense of health in this strike experience. Qualitative social research employed investigation techniques such as participant observation, documentary survey, and interviews with workers and union leaders. The results produced a brief reconstruction of these struggles from the workers' perspective, analyzing the strike agendas such as the organization, mobilizations, and tensions between base workers and the union representing the category. Noteworthy was establishing a Base Commission decided by the very workers to act independently from the official union. We observed different responses from the State, companies, and the representative union to stifle the workers' struggle. Finally, we identified a struggle for improved working conditions and the collective defense of health by workers' organizations in the workplace.
里约热内卢石化综合体是巴西最重要的大型土木工程之一。2014 年，我们见证了一场为改善工作条件而进行的重大罢工，这暴露出了工人和工会代表的不同观点。本研究分析了工人和工会在这次罢工经历中为维护集体健康而采取的行动所揭示的意义。定性社会研究采用了参与观察、文献调查和与工人及工会领导人进行访谈等调查技术。结果从工人的角度简要重建了这些斗争，分析了罢工的议程，如组织、动员以及基础工人和代表该类别的工会之间的紧张关系。值得注意的是，成立了一个由工人自己决定的基础委员会，以独立于官方工会行事。我们观察到国家、公司和代表性工会对扼杀工人斗争的不同反应。最后，我们确定了工人组织在工作场所为改善工作条件和集体捍卫健康而进行的斗争。
