(Facultad de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, 2007-12) Souto Junior, José Fernando
Assistencialism has borne several senses
that have been produced in specific historical
contexts. Two telephone industry trade
unions have been studied, the one from
Pernambuco and the one from Rio de
Janeiro. During the 1980s, they struggled for
the end of the assistencialism. But in the
1990s productive restructuring and the privatization
process have deeply changed the
character and the styles of action of the professional
group. Again, each one in a specific
manner has opted to go back to assitencialism:
professional qualification schools,
English courses, job cooperatives, health
plan administration, community-focused
actions and partnership with NGOs.