Changes in labour law, trade union and multinationalcompanies

Abstract

The text aims at relating recent changes in the Brazilian labour legislation (mainly after the Labour Reform, approved by the National Congress in 2017) with the interests of the multinational companies based in the country, taking as an example the automotive industry. The purpose is to identify how, in the last years, the reduction of labour protection and the increase in employment instability have been used by companies to raise the control over workers and to disqualify trade union action. Precarious jobs, and the use, now legal, of subcontracting, have been incorporated to production, and have strengthened strategies that stress on work to improve their economic results.