Abstract
This article analyzes the perception of workers about the working environment in pharmaceutical industries based on a qualitative study composed of semi-structured interviews with workers in the sector. In an antagonistic position to the national scenario of deindustrialization and unemployment, the production of medicines continues to rise, in terms of both billing and job opening, even in the face of recent economic and health crises. To understand the production model of the pharmaceutical industry and its impacts on the lives of people working in the sector, ten workers from two national manufacturers of generic medicines were interviewed located in the Agroindustrial District of Anápolis, in Goias (Brazil). As a result, we observed that the studied industries are configured according to sophisticated forms of control and intensification of production, which triggers a work environment that can degrade physical and mental health.
Keywords:
labor; pharmaceutical industry; drugs; health; control