Sindicalismo e democracia: as controvérsias em torno dos processos eleitorais do Sindicato dos Trabalhadores na Indústria de Carnes e Derivados de Chapecó (Sitracarnes) – 1988 a 2010

Abstract

The present work brings as a theme, "SINDICALISM AND DEMOCRACY: the controversies surrounding the electoral processes of the Union of workers in the Meat and Derivatives Industry of Chapecó (SITRACARNES) - 1988 to 2010". It aims to problematize the decision-making process of the entity, to recover the history of the union, to analyze internal democracy and the formation of trade union oligarchies, to verify the processes of participation of the category and to ascertain the present political and economic forces. In summary, the history of the union movement of one of the largest categories of workers in the municipality of Chapecó is reconstructed, noting the moments of democratic flourishing, the decision-making process, the manifestation of union oligarchies, bureaucracy, right in the electoral disputes for union leadership and the guarantees given by the courts for the effective participation of workers through representative democracy for the election of the leaders in 2010.