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THE CHANGES IN THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THE TRADE UNION STRATEGIES: THE CASE OF THE SÃO PAULO BANK WORKERS' UNION

Abstract

The paper analyzes the performance of the São Paulo Bank Workers' Union during the 2000s in its attempt to maintain representativeness and acceptance in a context in which the financialization of the capital modified the composition of the category and presented growing challenges to collective action. The paper contextualizes the recent changes in the Brazilian financial system and identifies the impact of this process on the profile of the workers. Finally, it analyzes the strategies adopted by the Trade Union that have hindered strategies with a more universal scope. Nevertheless, the Trade Union performance was able to dialogue with the immediate workers' interests. to dialogue with the immediate workers´ interests.

Keywords:
Representativeness; Bank workers; Banks; Trade union strategies; Financialisation

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