O Imperialismo, as relações trabalhistas e o papel dos sindicatos no Brasil do século XXI

Abstract

The transition from competitive capitalism to imperialism implied a change in the structure of the world's economy, in which the process of concentration and centralization of capital generated the emergence of capitalist monopolies. The transition process can be characterized by the enormous concentration of production in an increasingly smaller number of large companies, that concentrate practically all the means of production and the workforce in the most different countries, especially those with more flexible labor and tax laws. With the objective of maximizing profits and meeting demands, there is a precariousness of labor rights and the flexibilization of labor relations in developing countries, currently in Brazil, as a clear example of this process of historical development of capitalism and imperialism. Under these conditions, unions in the most important areas of the industry are deprived of the possibility of taking advantage of free competition between different companies. Thus, with a centralized capitalist system, closely linked to state power, unions have the need to maintain a reformist position, that is, to adapt to private property and are incapable of demanding more significant changes.