Participation in international organizations: An analysis of the experience of business and workers in Mercosur (1995-2019)

Abstract

This article analyzes the participation of social actors in Mercosur's Working Subgroup No. 10 on labor, employment, and social security issues (SGT 10), from 1995 to 2019. In the first stage of analysis the study examined the social actors in the four founding states in Mercosur. In the second, the approach focused on four social actors that represent workers and business from the two main participating states, Argentina and Brazil. The research used document and content analysis and descriptive statistics. It found that: (i) there was a reduction in the participation of social actors in SGT 10 in the period analyzed; and (ii) the SGT 10 agenda was permeable to the interests of the four selected social actors, according to the analysis of the proposals approved in this subgroup.

participation; Mercosur; SGT10; business; workers