On the move: work in sugarcane fields and trajectories of workers in the Triângulo Mineiro in recent decades.

Authors

  • Sérgio Paulo Morais Universidade Federal de Uberlândia
  • Paulo Roberto de Almeida Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/1984-9222.2012v4n7p146

Keywords:

Workers, Sugarcane, Triângulo Mineiro

Abstract

This text is a reflection about the problematics of agrobusiness in the experience sugarcane’s workers of the Triângulo Mineiro region. Exploring the historicity of the class struggle through work experience. The main objective is to study the relations between workers and relations of production, showing changes in work, changes in the lives, from the current characteristics of the exploitation of workers. The article also discusses trends in the struggle for land, environmental issues and the introduction of machinery in planting and harvesting sugar cane.

Author Biographies

Sérgio Paulo Morais, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Professor Adjunto da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Atua nos programas de graduação e pós-graduação em História (INHIS), Linha Trabalho e Movimentos Sociais.

Paulo Roberto de Almeida, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia

Professor Associado da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Atua nos programas de graduação e pós-graduação em História (INHIS), Linha Trabalho e Movimentos Sociais.

Published

2012-09-03

How to Cite

MORAIS, Sérgio Paulo; ALMEIDA, Paulo Roberto de. On the move: work in sugarcane fields and trajectories of workers in the Triângulo Mineiro in recent decades. Revista Mundos do Trabalho, Florianópolis, v. 4, n. 7, p. 146–162, 2012. DOI: 10.5007/1984-9222.2012v4n7p146. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/mundosdotrabalho/article/view/1984-9222.2012v4n7p146. Acesso em: 6 jan. 2026.

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