Sindicalismo docente: a participação sindical dos professores da rede municipal de Castanhal-PA no SINTEPP

Abstract

The objective of this study is investigating the participation of te teachers of the municipal network of Castanhal-PA in the actions of the SINTEPP, how they identify themselves as social class and the positioning of the direction, amid the reflux in the teaching movement. In view of the structural crisis of capital that has promoted various changes in the world of labor that deepens the exploitation of labor and erodes the organization of workers, we experience, according to experts, a crisis of trade unionism. In this universe, SINTEPP-Castanhal presents a 43% enrollment rate among the Castanhal-RMC Municipal Teachers, which is higher than the national unionization rate for all workers, which is 12%. In this sense, the following question emerges: amid the context of reflux in the teaching movement, how has the participation of teachers in the union, their social class identity and the positioning of management in SINTEPP-Castanhal been manifest? In the search to configure this totality that permeates the union participation of these teachers, it was made analysis of documents, application of questionnaires and interviews. At the end of this research, we identify that among affiliates and non-affiliates who participate in union activities are motivated by instrumental, ideological and solidarity issues, but also identify some limits of this participation, such as: corporatism, outsourcing of struggle, indifference, as well as the intensification of the teaching work itself; on the other hand, the union/direction has managed to focus on the category, but at the moment it also presents challenges to strengthen the participation of the base, due to limitations in communication and union formation, among others. Thus, this research points out that the strengthening workers' participation is essential for unions to step out of the defensive posture and articulate offensive actions of real struggles that converge with the emancipation of the working class.