Negociações coletivas entre o Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Catalão e a Mitsubishi Motors Corporation Automotores do Brasil Ltda

Abstract

In the light of a broad discussion about the negotiations of collective work in Brazil and the movement of the introduction and expansion of the automobile industry in the country, in this dissertation we examine the course of collective negotiation in our part of an automobile plant established in the city of Catalão, in the State of Goiás. This study shows how the process of collective negotiation started and how it was carried out on a greenfield, that is, a region with no manufacturing tradition. The research is a case study limited mainly to reveal new facts, namely: (i) The emergence of a local union led to a greater commitment to the employees of the automotive sector in Catalão? (ii) What were the main influences on the completion of the first Collective Agreement between the labor union and the company? (iii) What were the changes within the thematic scope of collective instruments before and after the imposition of a local union? What does the history of negotiations between the union and the company reveal in relation to the thematic scope of the agreements? Did the Collective Negotiations between the labor union and the company managed to create additional rules regarding the extensive legislation that governs employment relationships in Brazil? Were the agreements used by employers to adjust the rules to their own interests? The study of collective negotiations between Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and the labor union of the Indústrias Metalúrgicas Mecânicas e Material Elétrico in Catalão aims to answer these questions. Our analysis will provide support for the argument that the establishment of a local labor union had contributed to the increase the representativeness of Mitsubishi workers, in relation to what happened before, since there was support for the establishment of new offices, such as Força Sindical and the Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Metalúrgicos (Labor Union Force and the National Confederation of Metallurgical Workers), which are really committed to the demands of workers; there had been an expansion of the magnitude of many benefits over the time, although the thematic scope had not changed much among the agreements; there had been an expansion of the set of additional rules to the existing legislation in relation to the set of not additional rules; in addition to that, the space for employers to adjust the rules to their own interests had been reduced.