O TEMPO DOS TRABALHADORES NOS TRILHOS DO CAPITAL: o processo de aceleração temporal na Companhia Vale do Rio Doce /MA

Abstract

Appropriation and control of workers time at Companhia Vale do Rio Doce in Maranhão, in the context of capital transnationalization. Temporal changes for CVRD/MA workers are analyzed within the movement of great capital towards Latin America, stressing how in that region the relation between mineral and time has historically determined its periphery condition in the world capital system, effectively contributing to the great potencies development. Based on the fundaments of the temporal homogenization process, the specificities in the struggle between capital and labor for a control of time in different social spaces are apprehended, particularly within mineral exploration spaces, with a focus on the specificities of working time appropriation by capital in the present context of flexible accumulation, wherein great capital seeks new markets. Brazilian State action in the context of such great capital expansion towards Brazilian Eastern Amazon region is presented, a privileged space for mineral exploration, particularly concerning Maranhão, emphasizing the singular determinations in time transformations for workers under the influence of the Carajás Railroad. In conclusion, an analysis on the specificities of such transformations at CVRD in the productive restructuring process, in which were instituted working conditions and a workforce exploration above all marked by temporal acceleration, focusing on incidences of such a process for elderly workers, with more extended service time, particularly after privatization.