Os sindicatos brasileiros em face das inovações tecnológicas e organizacionais

Abstract

The article analyzes trade union action that seeks to influence processes of technological and organizational innovation in companies in Brazil. The System for Monitoring Collective Bargaining, under the Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Economic Studies (SACC-Dieese), was used to analyze collective bargaining clauses (1990- 2005) that deal with innovative processes. Interviews were held with leaders of unions belonging to the SACC-Dieese, seeking to understandwhat actually occurred following formal agreement to the clauses. We observed that the agreed-upon terms were not enforced in practice, revealing that the trade unions’ influence in innovative processes was merely “apparent”. The article seeks to demonstrate that the limited success of Brazilian trade unions in affecting technological and organizational innovations has been due not only to external constraints, but also to the unions’ own limitations in formulating and interacting with technical and organizational changes.

Dans cet article, on étudie l’action syndicale qui cherche à influencer les processus d’innovation technologique et organisationnelle dans les entreprises. À partir du Système d’Accompagnement des Contrats Collectifs (SACC-Dieese), on a examiné le contenu des clauses et des accords et/ou des conventions collectives qui incident sur les processus d’innovation concernant la période 1990-2005.Ona eu des entretiens avec des dirigeants des groupes qui forment le SACC-Dieese afin de savoir les résultats de l’application de ces contrats: ils semblent avoir été peu tangibles puisque l’influence syndicale n’a été qu’”illusoire”. On voit que le succès relatif des syndicats dans leur influence sur les innovations technologiques et organisationnelles vient non seulement des contraintes extérieures mais de leurs propres limites d’expression et d’interaction face aux changements techno-organisationnels.