Cooperação, experiência e sobrevivência: a história dos trabalhadores do Porto de Porto Alegre (1961 – 1989)

Abstract

This thesis objectives to analyze the way of harbor workers of Porto Alegre, subdivided in subordinate employees to DEPRC and single workers – dockers, conferents, portuaries, repairman fault, portuary watchmen, usher and block workers – whose made services to navigation companies in organized harbor area and, increasement around the harbor. Through the methodology of oral history, collated with written documentation, we investigate the clues left by the various categories of workers who built his story to the waterfront, exploring the relationship between the structural point of view and the links with the conjuncture of the moment.We characterize forms of actions of these workers in the edge of the pier, examining sympathy of this category, assemblies, habits and intern fights, singular in formation of experience in each unfolds occurs a reorganization of single workers and autonomus whose tried alternatives to beyond the harbor.