O labor nas ruas de Salvador: as experiências dos trabalhadores do bairro de Cajazeiras

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the conditions of life and work of Cajazeiras street workers. In recent years, studies show the expansion of an urban phenomenon consisting of workers selling products and services on the streets, without social protection or labor in poor conditions for industrial activities. For researchers, this is a structural phenomenon, with global dimensions, related to the restructuring process that has been growing since the 1990s, when capital seeks to maximize its profits from the flexible organization of production, widening the exploitation of the working class. In this context, the text presented here seeks to discuss the informal work as part of the terms of the social question, investigate the historical conditions that subjected the workers to situations of unemployment and precariousness. With use of mixed media, literature, documentary, observation of local reality, the study analyzes the informality and productive inclusion policies. Therefore, we look into: The street work in Cajazeiras neighborhood (in Salvador) is a precarious and perverse workforce? And in this scenario, what are the plans, programs and projects developed at the municipal level, designed to meet the demands of these workers? In order to answer this issue were interviewed ten employees, four community leaders, and the manager of City Hall Neighborhood Cajazeiras. The results have shown that inclusion policies are not satisfactory, that there is the existence of an effective political involvement and citizen, and that the conditions of life and work of street workers are precarious and extremely changeable to various external agents.