Ramalho “Trade Unions and Politics in Brazil”
in Phelan, Craig. 2007. Trade union revitalisation: trends and prospects in 34 countries. Oxford: Peter Lang.
- Brazilian trade unionism grew up under dictatorship, has always been a movement for human rights
- PT similarly brings together lots of civil society/human rights groups, not just unions
- Brazil is an example of a place where an unfavorable context (dictatorship) demanded new apporaches
- shop-floor representation important
- respect for rights grounded in performance on the job
- New context
- need to include women more
- need to expand in (growing) service sector
- unions need to broaden movement, include community, not just focus on wages and hours
- even Lula arguing for this: trade union must become representative on the shopfloor and in the community (O Globo, 30 Jul 2003)
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