Power resources of trade unions in agricultural transformation processes

An analysis of the sugarcane sector in the state of São Paulo.

Authors

  • Jan Brunner

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v47i189.56

Keywords:

Brasil, Trade Unions

Abstract

This paper focuses on labor, trade unions and their bargaining power in agricultural transformation processes. I analyze the effects of the transformation of the sugarcane sector in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, which led to increased unemployment, new forms of control over workers, a fragmentation of workers and to internal conflicts within unions. The power resources of manual and mechanized workers and of rural and transport worker unions were affected differently by those processes. Overall, the bargaining power and struggles of all workers and unions were weakened.

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Author Biography

Jan Brunner

Jan Brunner promoviert im Forschungsprojekt „Global Change – Local Conflicts? an der
FU Berlin über Arbeitskämpfe in der Landwirtschaft.

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Published

2017-12-01

How to Cite

Brunner, J. (2017). Power resources of trade unions in agricultural transformation processes: An analysis of the sugarcane sector in the state of São Paulo. PROKLA. Journal of Critical Social Science, 47(189), 553 – 568. https://doi.org/10.32387/prokla.v47i189.56

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