Taking into account the traditional Unions’ role in the conflict organization and mobilization in the Brazilian society, the article associates the social classes reconfiguration, contemporary social uneasiness and their impacts upon Brazilian Unionism. The main emphasis on Unions’ role is related to the hypothesis that the different responses from Unions to this new scenario is a privileged opportunity to observe the current social classes reconfiguration during a crisis period and the resulting dynamics of collective action.
Work; Workers; Youth; Unions; Collective Action