Explaining the disunity : the union fragmentation after promulgation of the Constitution of 1988 / Explicando a desunião : a pulverização sindical no Brasil apos a promulgação da Constituição de 1988

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2008

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This dissertation discusses the further fragmentation of the trade union organization in Brazil after the promulgation of the Federal Constitution of 1988. The main objective of the text is pointing some elements for the construction of a former explanation for such fragmentation - which I also call as union atomization, and means increase in the number of entities with decrease in the average quantum of members and workers represented. There were continuities and changes in legislation concerning trade union in the Constitution of 1988, concentrated in its Article 8. As pointed out by some authors, the new regulatory framework stimulated growth in the number of unions, especially by implication between "monopoly of representation" and guarantee of compulsory contributions for the entities. However, the literature underestimated the changes, which left open new possibilities for union organization. I believe that, in addition to legal issues, some changes in the so-called "world of labor" and permanence (or radical) of aspects of Brazilian culture union are key factors to explain the further fragmentation of the union organization in the country. The entire discussion is based on empirical data from the Trade Union Research of the IBGE (2003), which covers the universe of the Brazilian unions existing at the end of 2001, as supplemented by figures provided by the Ministry of Labour and Employment by the year of 2005

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cultura brazil trade-union culture sindicatos - legislação trabalho syndicalism sindicalismo - brasil labor

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