Mineração e relações de trabalho no contexto da economia solidária.

Abstract

Over the last few decades, mineral wealth has attracted people and companies interested in exploring mineralogical potentials. The perspective of cooperatives in mining activity is the socioeconomic development of the region. However, through of this research, the precariousness of labor relations in extractive sectors was observed. of the municipality of Picuí-PB, highlighting the environmental impacts caused by social relations of production. Despite the wealth found in these lands, the miners and other workers of the sector are, for the most part, going through financial needs. Since the most of the profits are not applied in the region. Financial inequality occurs because the workers extract the pegmatites and transfer them to companies for low amounts; while middlemen and entrepreneurs sell them to third parties at high prices, thus obtaining high profits. To promote a fair division of the mineral wealth of the soil Picuense, it is necessary to change the organizational culture, maximizing the competences of the parties involved in the extraction process. Adopting improvements in collaboration and oversight it will be possible to build more effective cooperatives. Within this context, the present work seeks to analyze the contrasts of economic and social order and the need to spread the knowledge of the miners about the local ore as a source of income, from the perspective of a solidarity economy In addition to raising awareness in the community to value wealth more mineralogical in a way that minimizes the environmental impact and the precariousness of the conditions of work. The focus of this research was some mining workers, who responded questionnaire, the need to integrate these people in education was perceived. But for this it is convenient that there are public policies aimed at EJA, which include the methodology of inclusive teaching and education that ensures the educational needs of this audience.