Brazil's Telecom Unions Confront the Future: Privatization, Technological Change, and Globalization1

Sonia M.K. Guimarães

International Labor and Working-Class History, 2007, vol. 72, issue 1, 42-62

Abstract: The article presents a narrative of technological change, privatization, and globalization as they have affected Brazil's telecommunications industry. It is divided into three parts: A) A brief account of process of privatization in the telecom industry in Brazil; B) An analysis of the changes in work and employment relations in the industry; and C) A discussion of the implications of these changes for unions, focusing on problems they face and the strategies they are adopting to overcome their difficulties. A final section presents the implications of the article's findings, which are based on semistructured interviews with industry managers and workers and published company and union documents.

Date: 2007
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