Os acidentes de trabalho constituem-se em um grave problema de saúde pública. O Brasil já foi considerado campeão mundial em acidentes de trabalho e sua incidência ainda é muito elevada no país, acarretando profundos impactos físicos e psicológicos na vida dos trabalhadores. Em decorrência da modernização tecnológica, intensificada nas últimas décadas, o processo de trabalho no meio rural brasileiro passou por profundas transformações que afetaram as condições de trabalho e deixaram os trabalhadores mais suscetíveis à ocorrência de acidentes e a diferentes agravos à saúde. A exposição a agrotóxicos, as novas práticas de queima da cana e o manuseio de máquinas e instrumentos de trabalho em um contexto de intensificação do trabalho exemplificam esta situação. O objetivo deste estudo foi o de conhecer em que circunstâncias ocorreram os acidentes de trabalho envolvendo trabalhadores da agroindústria canavieira da região de Araraquara (SP) e suas consequências para os trabalhadores. A pesquisa foi realizada em duas etapas: na primeira, levantaram-se os acidentes ocorridos com trabalhadores rurais no período de 2010 a 2012. Nesta etapa, os dados foram levantados nos Relatórios de Atendimento ao Acidentado do Trabalho (RAAT), disponíveis no Centro de Referência em Saúde do Trabalhador (CEREST) de Araraquara, e teve por finalidade traçar um perfil dos acidentes e dos acidentados e selecionar, dentre as vítimas, as que seriam entrevistadas. Na segunda etapa, foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com 14 trabalhadores acidentados e com a gestora do CEREST. O cruzamento dos dados obtidos nos documentos consultados e nas entrevistas com os trabalhadores apontam para uma série de fatores que contribuem para a ocorrência dos acidentes, tais como o ritmo intenso de trabalho, as jornadas de trabalho prolongadas, os instrumentos de trabalho inadequados, a falta de equipamentos de proteção, a exposição a agrotóxicos, ao ruído, ao sol, a chuva e presença de animais peçonhentos, fatores estes que estão relacionados às condições e organização do trabalho. Além de o trabalho rural provocar danos físicos, também pode deixar marcas por meio do sofrimento psíquico, através das exigências da organização do trabalho. / Labor accidents are a serious public health problem. Brazil was once considered the worlds worst country regarding labor accidents and the countrys situation hasnt improved much since then, resulting in severe physical and psychological impacts on the laborers lives. As a result of the technological modernization which took place on the last decades, the work process in Brazils rural area has suffered deep transformations. These transformations have affected working conditions and have left laborers more exposed to accidents and dangers to their health. Exposure to agro-toxic material, the new sugar cane burning practices, and operation of machines and working tools under intense working hours are just some examples of the current situation. The purpose of this research was to understand the circumstances which lead to accidents with employees of the sugar cane agroindustry of Araraquara, a countryside municipality in São Paulo State, and the physical and psychological consequences of such occurrences. The purpose of this study was to understand the circumstances under which the accidents involving laborers of the sugar plant agribusiness in Araraquaras region occurred and the consequences these accidents inflicted upon laborers. The research was conducted through two phases. First, accidents which took place in this area between 2010 and 2012 were surveyed through the Occupational Accident Attendance Report, available on the Center of Reference on Workers Health (CEREST) in Araraquara. The purpose of this first phase was to establish the kinds of accidents occurred and their severity, and also come up with a profile of the laborers involved in these accidents in order to select 14 of them for the interviews which would be conducted during the following phase. On the second phase, the selected 14 injured workers were interviewed and also an interview was conducted with the manager of the Center of Reference on Workers Health (CEREST). Data crossing the information acquired from the Occupational Accident Attendance Reports and the insight obtained through the interviewshave indicated a series of contributing factors generating these labor accidents. Among these factors are intensification of work pace; increased labor hours; the use of inadequate working tools; lack of personal protective equipment; exposure to agro-toxic materials; exposure to solar radiation, noise and rain and the presence of venomous animals in their labor locations. All these factors are intertwined to their labor conditions and organization. Despite the physical damages caused by these accidents they also incur psychological suffering through the demands of labor organization.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1976. / Typescript. Vita. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 322-339).

Extensive evidence of atrocities committed against black workers on white-owned farms has consistently been uncovered by progressive organisations working in the rural areas in South Africa. The evidence suggests the need for a thorough and systematic investigation of the nature and extent of violence on the farms, as well as a more systematic exposure of the findings. For the most part, the personality of rural South Africa remains a mystery to urban dwellers. The Black Sash and its rural project, the Transvaal Rural Action Committee (TRAC), approached the Project for the Study of Violence to undertake this research and this report was first presented at the Project's seminar programme at the University of the Witwatersrand. Its findings have provoked strong responses from the farming sector. Kobus Kleyhans, the Deputy Director, General Services of the South African Agricultural Union (SAAU), was quoted in The Star as saying, ‘According to my observations, the situation (on the farms) is quite different. I reject these findings with contempt; they are nothing near the real situation... I will not deny, that some farmers do not treat their workers as they should, but this sort of information is not representative’. (The Star; October 1990) In reply, it should be emphasised that firstly, while this study was conducted only in the South Eastern Transvaal, the case studies in this report are not isolated incidents but were selected out of a large range of similar occurrences in the area. Secondly, rural advice offices in the Western and Northern Transvaal, have reported similar cases of violent abuse of labourers on white owned farms in their areas. Although the specific contours of the communities in these regions have not been investigated, some of the case studies directly corroborate the findings of this report. The timing of this report is opportune as it coincides with President De Klerk’s announcement that the Land Acts of 1913 and 1936 are to be abolished. These Acts have been pivotal in forging and determining the violent and exploitative relations on the land. The announcement is therefore welcomed as a significant step towards creating the conditions for changing the balance of power on the land. At the same time, this report serves as a warning against the belief that the scrapping of the Land Acts will put an end to the varying forms of violence on the farms. Just as repealing these laws will not necessarily ensure equitable redistribution of the land in South Africa, so too do they not necessarily signal a move towards more equitable labour relations on white farms. This report makes this clear in three ways. Firstly, the racist attitudes and convictions of many white farmers is shown to underpin much of the violence on the farms. These attitudes will prevail well after the scrapping of the Acts. A reversal of these attitudes will only take place after a lengthy educative process undertaken by groups such as the local churches, the South African Agricultural Union, the Rural Foundation etc. Secondly, it is the very fear of white farmers and their increasingly vulnerable position, that has contributed to a growing pattern of abusive behaviour against farmworkers. The strength of the opposition of hundreds of white farmers to the scrapping of the Land Acts was demonstrated in their march on the union buildings just after the announcement was made. Thirdly, the networks that have contributed - directly and indirectly - to the violence on the farms, such as the courts and police, are still firmly entrenched in the rural areas. For these reasons, a campaign against against farmworker abuse is more pertinent than ever before. We are calling for several steps to be taken. / Revised Edition

Os acidentes de trabalho constituem-se em um grave problema de saúde pública. O Brasil já foi considerado campeão mundial em acidentes de trabalho e sua incidência ainda é muito elevada no país, acarretando profundos impactos físicos e psicológicos na vida dos trabalhadores. Em decorrência da modernização tecnológica, intensificada nas últimas décadas, o processo de trabalho no meio rural brasileiro passou por profundas transformações que afetaram as condições de trabalho e deixaram os trabalhadores mais suscetíveis à ocorrência de acidentes e a diferentes agravos à saúde. A exposição a agrotóxicos, as novas práticas de queima da cana e o manuseio de máquinas e instrumentos de trabalho em um contexto de intensificação do trabalho exemplificam esta situação. O objetivo deste estudo foi o de conhecer em que circunstâncias ocorreram os acidentes de trabalho envolvendo trabalhadores da agroindústria canavieira da região de Araraquara (SP) e suas consequências para os trabalhadores. A pesquisa foi realizada em duas etapas: na primeira, levantaram-se os acidentes ocorridos com trabalhadores rurais no período de 2010 a 2012. Nesta etapa, os dados foram levantados nos Relatórios de Atendimento ao Acidentado do Trabalho (RAAT), disponíveis no Centro de Referência em Saúde do Trabalhador (CEREST) de Araraquara, e teve por finalidade traçar um perfil dos acidentes e dos acidentados e selecionar, dentre as vítimas, as que seriam entrevistadas. Na segunda etapa, foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com 14 trabalhadores acidentados e com a gestora do CEREST. O cruzamento dos dados obtidos nos documentos consultados e nas entrevistas com os trabalhadores apontam para uma série de fatores que contribuem para a ocorrência dos acidentes, tais como o ritmo intenso de trabalho, as jornadas de trabalho prolongadas, os instrumentos de trabalho inadequados, a falta de equipamentos de proteção, a exposição a agrotóxicos, ao ruído, ao sol, a chuva e presença de animais peçonhentos, fatores estes que estão relacionados às condições e organização do trabalho. Além de o trabalho rural provocar danos físicos, também pode deixar marcas por meio do sofrimento psíquico, através das exigências da organização do trabalho. / Labor accidents are a serious public health problem. Brazil was once considered the worlds worst country regarding labor accidents and the countrys situation hasnt improved much since then, resulting in severe physical and psychological impacts on the laborers lives. As a result of the technological modernization which took place on the last decades, the work process in Brazils rural area has suffered deep transformations. These transformations have affected working conditions and have left laborers more exposed to accidents and dangers to their health. Exposure to agro-toxic material, the new sugar cane burning practices, and operation of machines and working tools under intense working hours are just some examples of the current situation. The purpose of this research was to understand the circumstances which lead to accidents with employees of the sugar cane agroindustry of Araraquara, a countryside municipality in São Paulo State, and the physical and psychological consequences of such occurrences. The purpose of this study was to understand the circumstances under which the accidents involving laborers of the sugar plant agribusiness in Araraquaras region occurred and the consequences these accidents inflicted upon laborers. The research was conducted through two phases. First, accidents which took place in this area between 2010 and 2012 were surveyed through the Occupational Accident Attendance Report, available on the Center of Reference on Workers Health (CEREST) in Araraquara. The purpose of this first phase was to establish the kinds of accidents occurred and their severity, and also come up with a profile of the laborers involved in these accidents in order to select 14 of them for the interviews which would be conducted during the following phase. On the second phase, the selected 14 injured workers were interviewed and also an interview was conducted with the manager of the Center of Reference on Workers Health (CEREST). Data crossing the information acquired from the Occupational Accident Attendance Reports and the insight obtained through the interviewshave indicated a series of contributing factors generating these labor accidents. Among these factors are intensification of work pace; increased labor hours; the use of inadequate working tools; lack of personal protective equipment; exposure to agro-toxic materials; exposure to solar radiation, noise and rain and the presence of venomous animals in their labor locations. All these factors are intertwined to their labor conditions and organization. Despite the physical damages caused by these accidents they also incur psychological suffering through the demands of labor organization.

Argues that Of Mice and Men is not only a tale of morality, but also a representation of the political themes found in In Dubious Battle and The Grapes of Wrath. Establishes that Steinbeck does not simply divorce himself from the labor themes of the other two books; rather he uses this novel as a representative account of the social events taking place in California during the 1930s. Examines aspects of the split hero as found in the novel's two main characters, George and Lennie, who resemble a dark rider coming into a ranch with nothing more than a dream of a better life.

Call number: LD2668 .T4 1963 D43 / Master of Science

Thesis (MA)--Stellenbosch University, 1998. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The purpose of the study is to explore the perceptions and preferences regarding house ownership on the part of farmworkers living in the Devon Valley/ Stellenbosch Kloof ("Devonkloof') area outside Stellenbosch. A study such as this is important for more than one reason: the institution of "tied housing" on South African farms, is probably the factor that contributes most to farmworkers' dependence on the farmer and the control that the latter exercises over the employee and his family. In the most recent period this vulnerability has increased as farmers, especially in the Western Cape, have started to adopt a more "businesslike" approach towards worker housing. When farmers refer to a "productive house", they point to an arrangement whereby it is expected from every able person in a household to make him- or herself available for farm work - especially during the harvest. In this way members of the farmworker community are denied the opportunity of permanent, better paid employment outside the farm. Women are the ones that are mainly affected by the scaling down of the benevolent side of paternalism. However, for the first time in South African history the opportunity now exists to break this dependence, or at least to reduce it. This possibility flows from the convergence of a variety of developments, the most important of which is the launching of the post-apartheid government's housing subsidy scheme for farmworkers. In essence, the latter boils down to an arrangement whereby farmworkers can apply to the Department of Land Affairs for an amount of R 15 000 when wanting to obtain land or a house. Another recent development which reduces farmworkers' dependence, is the concept legislation regarding security of tenure. lt lends protection against eviction especially to older farmworkers who have worked on the farm for ten years or more. That farmworkers are concerned about life after retirement and have an intense desire for secure housing, is not much of a secret. In order to effectively address this concern, financially viable housing alternatives need to be developed. For instance, provident fund/ pension scheme payments could be used in combination with state housing subsidies in order to obtain own title for workers. However, in order to be viable, it is equally important to take into account the perceptions and housing preferences of the workers themselves. To gauge these is the main objective of the study. For purposes of the study, the unit of analysis was defined as the head of the household (male or female) who lives on the farm, is engaged in a permanent contractual relation with the farmer and belongs to one of the Devonkloof provident funds. A random sample of 93 such farmworkers was drawn from a total population of 188 heads of households spread over 13 farms in the research area. Their perceptions and preferences regarding housing were explored during interviews conducted on the basis of a semi-structured questionaire. The interviews were held by the researcher himself and a number of final year Social Work students at the University of Stellenbosch. Data collected in this way, was analysed through the utilisation of the SPSS statistical package. The socio-economic profile of the workers involved in the study, confirms to a large extent the prevailing portrait of permanent farmworkers in the Western Cape: they are almost exclusively male and Afrikaans speaking. Their literacy level is relatively low and the majority earns a cash wage of R100-150 per week. Three-quarters have never left "their" farm for alternative work. Of those that have, many only did so to work for short stints on another farm. As a result, most of the workers involved know of no other existence than the (neo-)paternalist life world of the farm. The familiarity of the farm is one of the reasons why slightly more than 50% of wofkers indicated that they would prefer to live on the farm during their working lives. When thinking about life after retirement, housing in the (imaginary) agrivillage was the most popular choice. Although a large number of farmworkers are ignorant about the government's housing subsidy scheme, the majority is clear about one thing: they would like to own their own dwelling - whether on the farm or outside the "white gates", because the own house is the route to less vulnerability, more independence and security. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die doel van hierdie ondersoek is om die persepsies en voorkeure van plaaswerkers, woonagtig op plase in die Devonvallei/ Stellenboschkloof ("Devonkloor) area, met betrekking tot huiseienaarskap te ondersoek. 'n Ondersoek soos hierdie is vir meer as een rede belangrik: In Suid-Afrika is die instelling van "gekoppelde behuising" op plase waarskynlik die faktor wat die meeste bydra tot plaaswerkers se afhanklikheid van plaaseienaars en laasgenoemde se kontrole oor die werker en sy gesin. Hierdie kwesbaarheid van plaaswerkers is in die afgelope aantal jare versterk deurdat plaaseienaars, in veral die Wes-Kaap, 'n meer "besigheidsgeoriemteerde" houding rakende plaaswerkerbehuising ingeneem het. Daar word verwys na die "produktiewe huis" in die sin dat daar van alle geskikte inwoners van die huis verwag word om hulself beskikbaar te stel vir diens op die plaas, veral gedurende oestye. Hierdie mense (en veral vroue) word op hierdie manier die geleentheid van 'n permanente, beter betalende betrekking buite die plaas ontneem. Hierdeur word die "menslike" sy van paternalisme toenemend afgeskaal. Vir die eerste keer in Suid-Afrikaanse geskiedenis bestaan daar egter nou die geleentheid om hierdie afhanklikheid te verbreek of ten minste te verminder. Dit is die resultaat van 'n verskeidenheid van faktore waarvan die belangrikste die regering se nuwe subsidieskema vir plaaswerkers is. Laasgenoemde kom daarop neer dat plaaswerkers vir 'n bedrag van R 15 000 by die Departement van Grondsake aansoek kan doen ten einde 'n huis of grond te bekom. 'n Ander onlangse verwikkeling wat plaaswerkers se afhanklikheid verminder, is die konsepwetgewing rakende die sekerheid van besitreg. Dit gee veral vir ouer plaaswerkers sekuriteit van verblyf op die plaas waar hulle vir tien jaar of !anger gewerk het. Oat plaaswerkers bekommerd is oor hul heenkome by aftrede en graag oor woon-sekuriteit wil beskik, is nie 'n geheim nie. Om hierdie behoefte egter effektief aan te spreek, moet finansie~l haalbare behuisingsalternatiewe uitgewerk word. So sou voorsorg-/pensioenskema uitbetalings byvoorbeeld met die regering se huissubsidie gekombineer kon word om eie titel vir werkers te bekom. Ewe belangrik vir die leefbaarheid van so 'n projek is dat plaaswerkers se houdings en voorkeure ten opsigte van behuising in ag geneem word. Om dit te peil, is die primere doel·van hierdie studie. Die eenheid van analise in hierdie studie is die huishoof (manlik of vroulik) wat op die plaas woon, in 'n permanente kontraktuele verhduding staan met die plaaseienaar en terselftertyd lid is van een van die Devonkloof se voorsorgfondse. 'n Ewekansige steekproef van 93 sulke plaaswerkers is getrek uit 'n totale populasie van 188 huishoofde, versprei oor 13 plase in die navorsingsgebied. Hierdie werkers se persepsies en voorkeure met betrekking tot behuising is tydens onderhoude op die basis van 'n semigestruktureerde vraelys gepeil. Die onderhoude is deur die navorser self en 'n aantal finalejaar Maatskaplike werk studente aan die Universiteit van Stellenbosch gevoer. Die data wat op hierdie manier ingewin is, is deur middel van die SPSS statistiese pakket ontleed. Die sosio-ekonomiese profiel van die betrokke respondente wat in hierdie studie na vore kom, bevestig in 'n groot mate die bestaande beeld van permanente plaaswerkers in die Wes-Kaap: hulle is feitlik uitsluitlik manlik en Afrikaans. Hulle geletterdheidspeil is betreklik laag en hulle verdien meesal tussen R 1 00 - 150 kontant per week. Driekwart het nog nooit "hul" betrokke plaas verlaat vir ander werk nie en baie van die wat wel het, het bloot vir 'n wyle op 'n ander plaas gaan werk. Die meeste ken dus geen ander bestaan as die (neo-)paternalistiese leefwereld van die plaas nie. Die bekendheid van die plaasmilieu is een van die redes waarom net meer as 50% van werkers aangedui het dat hulle tydens hulle werkslewe graag op die plaas sou wou bly. By aftrede was die (denkbeeldige) landboudorpie of "agrivillage" die mees gewilde keuse. Alhoewel 'n groot aantal plaaswerkers onkundig is oor die post-apartheid regering se huissubsidieskema, bestaan daar in die meeste se bewussyn geen onduidelikheid oor een kwessie nie: hulle wil graag 'n woonplek besit, of dit nou op die plaas is of buite die "wit hekke"; want 'n eie huis is die pad na minder kwesbaarheid, meer onafhanklikheid en sekuriteit.

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Partindo da análise da greve empreendida, em 1980, pelos metalúrgicos do ABC paulista, esta pesquisa investiga as redes sociais tecidas pelos metalúrgicos residentes em São Bernardo do Campo e suas relações com a mobilização coletiva que, na conjuntura da Abertura, sustentou, entre 1º de abril e 11 de maio, um dos maiores e mais importantes movimentos paredistas do operariado brasileiro. Tal enfoque revelou-nos que o intenso e durável engajamento dos operários na Greve de 1980 derivou, em boa medida, da interação, em um contexto de crise de legitimidade do regime militar vigente, entre vínculos formais e informais, ou seja, da articulação entre vigorosa ação de organizações especialmente, do Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de São Bernardo do Campo e Diadema e denso tecido relacional existente entre os trabalhadores sambernardenses. Assim, fomos levados a considerar a tessitura de redes densas como parte do processo de formação de classe, o que nos levou a enfatizar a ação dos trabalhadores sob(re) os processos de industrialização, migração e urbanização que se intensificaram, a partir da década 50, em São Bernardo do Campo. Com isso, pudemos constatar que, se as fábricas eram, para os trabalhadores sambernardenses, importante âmbito de experiência comum, esta incluía, também, práticas socioculturais encetadas em outros loci do espaço urbano local, especialmente nos bairros em que os trabalhadores residiam. / From the analyses of the strike undertaken in 1980 by the metalworkers of ABC Paulista, this research aims to investigate the social networks that have been made by the metalworkers who lived in São Bernardo do Campo. This research has also the purpose of verifying the relationship of the worker s social networks with the collective mobilization, which in the juncture of the Abertura, sustained, between April 1 and May 11, one of the most important strike movements of the Brazilian laborers. Such focus has revealed to us that the intense and durable laborers´ engagement on the strike in 1980 stemmed, in a way, from the interaction between formal and informal connections in a context of the crisis of the in vigor military regime, in other words, the articulation among forceful action of the organizations specially of the Metalworkers Union of São Bernardo do Campo and Diadema as well as the dense relationship extant among the workers of São Bernardo. Thus, we have been leaded to consider the organization of the dense networks as part of the class formation which has leaded us to emphasize the workers action on the process of industrialization, migration and urbanization which was intensified from the 50´s in São Bernardo do Campo. In this manner, we could testify that if the factories were an important ambit of common experience for the workers of São Bernardo, such common experience would also include socio-cultural practices started in other loci of the urban space, mainly in neighborhoods where the workers lived.

Este trabalho visa fornecer um panorama de diferentes visões sobre a Vila Maria Zélia, localizada em São Paulo, importante vila operária do início do século XX, considerada um marco no binômio indústria ? operário paulistas da época. Tida como exemplo de instituição não somente no Brasil, mas em algumas partes do mundo. Foi idealizada por Jorge Street , visto de diversas maneiras, que vão da crítica ao elogio. Procuraremos fazer uma explanação sobre as diversas visões dessa vila operária, passando pela ótica da imprensa, do poder público, da medicina e de uma de suas moradoras / This job must provide a view of different visions about Vila Maria Zélia located in São Paulo, of the XX century beginning, which is very considerated in the São Paulo ´s worker industry by the time. Like a model of institution not only in Brazil but in some parts of the world it was idealized for the founder Jorge Street and it has been seen for different ways from bad to good. We will look forward to explain of the different visions of this worker´s village going through the press untill the government power from medical and one person who lives in there