O TRABALHO COTIDIANO DOS CATADORES NO URBANO PERIFÉRICO DA CIDADE DE SANTA MARIA, RS: CASO DO BAIRRO CAMOBI

Abstract

The theme that revolves around the waste pickers takes place in our society and brings a variety of questions that require answers in the understanding of labor relations and production of these workers that are the basis for the recycling industry. They are every day more numerous in the city and their presence (dis) like the various organs and society as a whole. The study site is the Camobi district, city of Santa Maria, RS which is located in the urban periphery farther from the Centro neighborhood. In this text, addressing the daily work of scavengers views with those who seek, in this work, the source of their survival, as well as other forms of employment and income. In this sense, the aim of this paper is to understand the daily work of employees "spare " the urban periphery of the city of Santa Maria, RS, especially those who work in the collection of recyclable material in and Camobi neighborhood. Also presents the living space and working family who have these scavengers in " grooming / pedição " expectations to meet on the street means of survival. Relationships are built by scavengers who create territorial ties that favor them ways to sustain basic needs of life. The daily work of scavengers is a clash with the public authorities, businesses and society, in a ratio of (in) visibility in the working world where these people fighting for the rights of citizenship. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]