Banca de DEFESA: MATHEUS QUEIROZ MACIEL

Neoliberalism and the health of chemical workers in Bahia

Workers' Health, Environmental Labor Law, Right to Health, Neoliberalism, Chemical Sector, Camaçari Petrochemical Complex

The present work consists of qualitative historical research based on a literature review on topics linked to workers' right to health, neoliberalism and the struggles of workers in the chemical sector in Bahia. The first part of the analysis finds that workers live in a constant struggle to guarantee their rights, and capitalist logic deprives them of health, safety and protection conditions in the act of labor production. Initially, in the work, it can be seen that contemporaneously with the rise of neoliberalism, a petrochemical complex was installed in Camaçari specifically in Bahia, which made illnesses and accidents at work an issue for the wall movements. The second stage consists of analyzing documents in Sindiquimica that dealt with the issue of worker health, such as strike bulletins, newspaper reports, communications to the press and the category, where the main illnesses were sought, how the union reacted and what the gains were. the category got. In conclusion, the category's predilection for direct confrontation was noted to the detriment of seeking control bodies, which had little oversight. Furthermore, it is clear that the movement therefore plays a significant role in guaranteeing the right to health of workers in the chemical sector in Bahia. impact on health.