Neoliberal globalization and the mitigation of workers rights in Latin America

Abstract

The theme of this research is about the impacts of the application of the neoliberal prescription in the labor and socioeconomic scenario of the countries of Latin America, notably in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil. The research proposes to analyze the following problem: are the successive legislative reforms carried out in Latin America consistent with the precepts of guaranteeing social rights, notably labor rights? In this sense, the general objective of the research is to identify the way in which neoliberalism governs socioeconomic relations in the panorama of Latin America and to highlight the importance of policies to generate work and employment based on guaranteeing decent working conditions. The research technique consists of a critical analysis of labor reforms in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil through the use of interdisciplinary bibliographic-doctrinal material referring to the (dis) protection of the social rights of the Latin American working class. The research concludes that neoliberalism has influenced labor reforms in Latin America with a precarious character of human and fundamental rights, especially social rights, a scenario that imposes the need for a paradigm shift in order to ensure the guarantee of a minimum level of civilization and the progressive realization of human and fundamental rights.