Revisiting the Corporatist and Contractualist Models of Labor Law Regimes: A Review of the Brazilian and American Systems

Authors

Stanley A. Gacek, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

Abstract

During the late 1970s, Brazilian workers captured world attention by mobilizing gigantic strikes in the auto industry of Greater São Paulo. Defying the intervention of the labor courts, they directly confronted the transnational automakers and negotiated impressive wage gains. They also established the celebrated comissões de fábrica, or factory commissions, which served as new vehicles for the negotiation of agreements and the resolution of labor disputes.

Keywords

Labor Law, Reception of Law, Jurisprudence

Disciplines

Jurisprudence | Labor and Employment Law | Law

Recommended Citation

Stanley A. Gacek, Revisiting the Corporatist and Contractualist Models of Labor Law Regimes: A Review of the Brazilian and American Systems, 16 Cardozo L. Rev. 21 (1994).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/clr/vol16/iss1/4