Rural Workers, Sindicatos and Collective Bargaining in Rio Grande Do Sul

ISBN-13: 9783030948078 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 112 str.

Davide Carbonai

Opis

This Palgrave Pivot provides an overview of rural labour relations in different regions of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil. Based on rich ethnographic research, through interviews with a long list of rural workers and union members, among others, the study highlights the toughness faced by salaried workers, who deal with difficulties in union representation and, above all, suffer different types of exploitation. Using a systemic approach, this book connects rural workers, union representation, and labour regulation to examine where society has failed and what can be done to protect rural workers.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Rural Salaried Workers

3. Aspects of Rural Unionism

4. What Is a Rural Union for?

5. Final Considerations

O autorze

Davide Carbonai is Associate Professor of Industrial Relations and Public Policy at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is an economic sociologist, and his research focuses on issues of sociology of work and urban studies.

Blurb

“Davide Carbonai’s book is a major sociological study addressing the diversity of rural wage workers in the southernmost state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul. Through in-depth interviews, together with consistent quantitative data, trade unions’ documents and insightful analyses, the author paints a unique picture of those who are impoverished workers, their everyday life, their working relationships, as well as their fears and hopes for the future. This is an indispensable book for anyone who wants to know more about rural workers in Brazil, especially in the South”

—Ondina Fachel Leal Professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), and author of The Gauchos: Culture and Identity in the Pampas (Tomo Editorial 2021)

This Palgrave Pivot provides an overview of rural labour relations in different regions of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil. Based on rich ethnographic research, through interviews with a long list of rural workers and union members, among others, the study highlights the toughness faced by salaried workers, who deal with difficulties in union representation and, above all, suffer different types of exploitation. Using a systemic approach, this book connects rural workers, union representation, and labour regulation to examine where society has failed and what can be done to protect rural workers.

Davide Carbonai is Associate Professor of Industrial Relations and Public Policy at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. He is an economic sociologist, and his research focuses on issues of sociology of work and urban studies.