A relação entre trabalho e tempo nos processos de subjetivação das trabalhadoras safristas das indústrias do fumo de Santa Cruz do Sul.

Abstract

The recent and profound changes in the world of work have contributed to a context in which working conditions become increasingly flexible. There was an increase in the precariousness of labor relations that are manifested mainly in the instability of jobs, in informality, in subcontracted, temporary and partial works. These changes would have a strong impact on the working class, affecting the insertion and working conditions, especially for the female public, since, historically, women have been devalued to the detriment of the male labor force. The objective of this research was to understand the processes of subjectivation of the safristas workers of the tobacco industries of Santa Cruz do Sul. In this way, the aim was to identify the effects that this seasonal work produces in the life of the safristas workers that is marked by precarious conditions, predictable disruption and repetition over the years. This study was anchored in the theoretical and practical assumptions of Work Psychodynamics, whose main objective is to understand the relationship between pleasure and suffering at work. Thus three group meetings were held with four safrista workers at the Sindicato dos Trabalhadores do Fumo e da Alimentação (STIFA) and four individual interviews. Eight workers participated in this study. In the analysis of the material of the research was considered the collective of the speeches of the participants that is the common and relevant aspects of the reality of the harvest work. It was evidenced that the participants are subjectivated in this temporary work configuring themselves as a way of working in which there is an interruption and at the same time continuity over the years. There is also discontent with the new forms of hiring, as there was a reduction in the contract period and greater uncertainties regarding return. The harvest work was also shown as unique opportunity work for the participants, leading to the return to the same. It was also presented as a professional rise, since many participants before entering the harvest, worked as domestic maid or day laborers. It was verified that the work in the harvest constitutes an essentially feminine work, explaining the high number of female workers in this productive branch. However, through the statements of the participants it was found that in addition to the mishaps found in this context, there is pleasure in this work constituting as a space of socialization beyond the domestic scope.