RELAÇÕES DE TRABALHO DOS TRABALHADORES DE SAÚDE DA ATENÇÃO BÁSICA DE CRUZ DAS ALMAS BA: AVANÇOS E RETROCESSOS

Abstract

The study Working Relations of Basic Healthcare Workers of Cruz das Almas: advances and retrogressions, aims to: analyze working relations associated to working conditions (social and legal aspects) of Basic Healthcare workers in Cruz das Almas/BA; discuss the understanding of Basic Healthcare workers referring to working relations in the context of working conditions, social and legal aspects; characterize working relations concerning to the working conditions (since infrastructure until reach), social aspects of work (valuation, reconnaissance, life and working conditions) and the legal aspects of work (HR politics / labor right) of Basic Healthcare workers of Cruz das Almas / BA; identify the progress and / or retrogressions in working relations between Basic Healthcare workers and the Municipal Health Secretariat of Cruz das Almas -BA. Quantitative study, conducted in units of Basic Healthcare of Cruz das Almas; the subjects of the study were composed of two groups: group I - Basic Healthcare workers - and group II - coordinator of oral health and labor union representative; semi-structured interview, systematic observation and document analysis were used as technique for collecting data; the method used was the analysis of content, and data were systematized in three categories: Category 1- Interaction Work and Quality of Life: (un)valuation and (in)satisfaction of Basic Healthcare worker; Category 2- Working Conditions: "see to what extent we arrived for work"; Category 3- (Des) Precarization of Work, "which rights?". The results found regarding working conditions of Basic Healthcare workers bring adverse situations involving ethical issues; interfere in the integrality of assistance, in the credibility of service ahead of its users, including exposure of its workers to more diverse risk. The quality of life at work (qlw) for Basic Healthcare workers is linked to the salary, food, entertainment. According to testimonies of interviewees, this qlw is characterized in the (un)valuation, (un)motivation, the situation of eustress and distress in which workers are subjected, the precarization of work for health workers interviewed involve the issue of admission, bond , Plan of Career Offices and Wages (PCOW), rights. Cruz das Almas advanced in ways of admission, when in recent years, highlighted two ways of admitting: the public contest and selection process simplified for hiring staff for a fixed term. With respect to the bond, health workers are insecure, unable to carry out projects of life due to weakness of the labor bond still present in Cruz das Almas. The PCOW is unique for all employees of prefecture, was created emergencially in order to execute requirements of the Court of Auditors of the Union. There is no a specific PCOW to health workers. As for labor rights, workers disclaim their rights, on the other hand, do not mobilize to know them. We believe that there is a need for implementation of a politics of valuation of workers in municipal health that crosses social, legal and working conditions issues. With respect to the worker health, it is necessary a new position against the fragility of bond, precarization of work and union struggle. The social control needs to be more active on the issues of worker, studying alternatives for political struggle for improvement in relationship SMS and worker.