This paper discusses the symptoms of the precariousness of work as a new and complex social issue. We seek to describe the human dimensions involved in the work process, reflecting the level of exploitation of their poor relations. Among the results, we highlight the relationship that these workers made of their health symptoms with their work link work. The precarious work relation associated with low incomes may bring physical manifestations of insomnia and fear, reflecting the loss of self-esteem. We discussed the current social reorganization of production due to the crisis and restructuring of capitalism in the last quarter of the 20th century, which affected the world of work, scrambling relations that have shaped the state of Social Welfare and rearranging them under the market regulation. We conclude that the employee, in face of his precarious work relationship, is mainly concerned with the lack of social guarantees, and its consequences in the long run, when he will be no more useful for this type of workforce exploitation. The research was conducted with 112 workers contracted by a cooperative, in a Nursing Service of a public health center of the Health Ministry, located in Rio de Janeiro city.
workers' health; precarious work relations; neoliberalism; Welfare State