Trabalho e Trabalhadores rurais: memórias e experiências Patrocínio/MG. 1970-2008

Abstract

This paper reflects on the social practices of rural workers living in the city of Patrocínio in the state of Minas Gerais. Looking think a significant category of temporary worker because there is a strong presence at the city. Many leave their hometowns to find work in other regions of Brazil, the move is something that is happening in all of Brazil and especially in regions with the economy facing the agricultural sector. The crops considered are the seasonal attract more such workers in the Patrocínio predominant mode of production is coffee. The coffee began in the 1970s, employs a large number of rural workers, based on these data we elected to begin this decade also to my research, so the period of coverage is from 1973 until the year 2008. In this timeline I try to analyze and understand the experiences of workers within the social, reflecting through their experiences gathered in their interviews. The memory is perceived here as something built into the living historical process, so the lines are drawn from a common point that is social, as an environment crisscrossed by struggles and conflicts among the people who constitute it. I bring as a source not only oral but also written, use the Journal of Patrocínio, informational Acarpa - Association of Coffee Growers of Patrocínio, newsletters and manuals on the Nintendo - Center for Inter-Labor Conciliation, such as data and information coming from City Hall Patrocínio. We bring the dissertation as a written reflection of the social practices of rural workers in Patrocínio.