Trabalho precário em Manaus: os carreteiros da Feira Manaus Moderna

Abstract

In this thesis we reflect on employees who call themselves the fair carters Manaus Moderna (officially called Friday Cel . Jorge Teixeira ) . This fair is located in the city center , opposite the harbor which bears the same name , is a multitude of workers who develop the various forms of work. There we found the carters , workers who sell their labor power offering the service of transport of goods on a trolley . Our goal was to characterize the process of working with the fair carters Manaus Moderna , questioning its inclusion within the fair as a form of precarious occupation and work life. For this we search through specific objectives to understand the functioning of the fair Manaus Moderna , overseeing the work of the carters in everyday life to point their conditions , and identify the forms of organization of this work , as well as the strategies found by the subjects for subsistence in this activity . The research procedures involving the application forms for ten (10 ) workers ; informal conversations with carters and other employees of the fair ; interview with the administrator of the fair ; observation and photographic recording . In this work we weave considerations about the interaction between the river and the city , as well as historically processed the logic occupation of spaces along the river as a territory of work, explain the historical relationship between cities , fairs and markets ; describe how to configure the spatial structure of the fair Manaus Moderna and its functioning . Through research we can conclude that the activity of chariot is considered a typical activity fairs and ports in the Amazon , as this category arose by an overriding need for the fair. This is , of a relevant segment in the world of urban / Amazon river work, as this will contribute to the complex dynamic network of business transactions. As the result of the interviews , the yields are generally low, but according to those interviewed workers are better than if they were employed . Moreover , these workers indicate their preference for working on their own autonomy in relation to the times and the absence of the figure of the boss . We also note the existence of networks of social relations in the everyday work of the carters that develop as strategies found by the subjects for subsistence in this activity , as the relations of reciprocity . The survey also revealed that the ratio of the chariot with his work environment is a relationship of improvisation , without the least ergonomic and hygienic conditions , without the least protection as labor and social rights , which among other features , denotes that precariousness of their work.