O fim da obrigatoriedade da contribuição sindical: uma análise do impacto da reforma trabalhista na receita dos sindicatos

Abstract

The objective of this work is to demonstrate that the end of mandatory union contributions, which occurred with the 2017 Labor Reform, had a strong impact on the revenue of unions throughout Brazil. This change in contributions weakened the union movement instead of strengthening it. This study aims to expose how unions are organized and how they financed themselves before the 2017 Labor Reform, to explore the changes that have occurred in the 2017 Labor Reform, specifically referring to changes in union financing, to present charts with the results of quantitative research on the differences in financing between 2015 and 2018, to proof that the changes caused by the Labor Reform are systemic through the display of the amounts received by union federations between 2015 and 2019, and to evidence the effects of the end of mandatory union contributions for the functioning of unions and the defense of labor rights. About the methodology, the unions and the unionism were studied, understanding their evolution in the world and in Brazil as a basis for understanding current legislation. Therefore, through the analysis of books, articles and legal norm, the research is bibliographic. It is also classified as both qualitative, due to the display of doctrines and theses, and quantitative, due to the focus on data and the production of tables on mandatory union contributions. The result was that the financial impact was quite significant, with a reduction of at least 50% of what was received by the unions before 2017. For final considerations, it is clear that, as the impact occurred in all regions of Brazil, Brazilian unionism, responsible for being a source of protection and advancement of labor rights, became more weakened and less capable of carrying out its functions.