Pacto territorial e emprego na indústria do Grande ABC Paulista (1990 - 2008)

Abstract

The 1990s are marked by changes related to the process of productive restructuring under neoliberal hegemony, leading companies to adopt strategies of rationalization of production with negative impacts on the world of work. In this sense, this thesis seeks to understand modifications in the work market, more specifically in the industrial sector, as of the process of productive restructuring and of a predominant conception of local development. The experience of the Larger ABC region ( Grande ABC - traditional industrial region of the state of São Paulo) is chosen as an object of analysis, recognized as a pioneer in Brazil in implantation of a socio-productive territorial arrangement, with a view toward confronting the crisis and its effects on employment in the industrial sector. Thus, the fundamental aspect analyzed is if the actions developed by means of social bargaining processes were effective in the reinsertion of workers in the work market, even if migrating to other sectors of the economy. In addition to analyzing the behavior of employment and income in that period, we sought to verify if the changes in trajectory or recovery of the work market as of 1999, principally in the industrial sector, also occur in the ABC Paulista and if are related to the process of reaching territorial consensus in ABC as an alternative to the crisis experienced by the region in the 1990s. Undertaking this research consisted of a bibliographical review of the theme; survey of indicators in the main statistical sources of the country, with emphasis on the database RAIS and RAIS MIGRA of the Labor Department (Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego - MTE); survey of official documents from intermunicipal institutions of ABC and undertaking interviews with researchers and local leadership2 of the Larger São Paulo ABC Region with the application of semi-structured questionnaires. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to contribute to reflections regarding the difficulties and possibilities of territorial development as an alternative for confronting the crisis with social inclusion.