ERGOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A SYNDICALIST'S LIFE PATH

Since the 1990s in Brazil, scholars have revealed an escalation against labor rights, subjecting workers to different forms of insecurity. Such events favored the emergence of liberal unionism and, also, the inflection of union centrals, sometimes failing to propose alternatives contrary to the pattern of capitalist development. The focus of this research is on the activity of the union leader, director of a private surveillance union, and the life history method was adopted. The article aims to understand the experiences of the union member interviewed and the uses of the self-body in his work activity. The use of Ergologywas intended to incite those who live and work to put into words a point of view about their activity. Juvenal's life story highlights the debates on norms and values, uses of the self-body, the tension between the three spheres, 1) unionism, 2) the market and 3) the state. The life story was able to summon the worker to produce knowledge about his own existence, including in his work, in addition to giving voice to certain socially invisible groups. Juvenal's story represents the life stories of other Brazilians who fight for the right to live with decent work.

Keywords:
Unionism; Ergology; Life's history; Job; Organizational Studies