Mechanisms of exclusion in two companies involved in a restructuring process

Abstract

The present paper examines the exclusion mechanisms observed in a study on the change processes that occurred in two different companies: the first, a manufacturing plant located in the interior of the state of São Paulo with a branch in Recife (PE) and linked to an Anglo-Dutch group. The second, a company from the domestic financial sector, with mixed economic activities, of which the Brazilian State is a majority shareholder. In the first case, the emphasis falls on the ways of exclusion of female labor observed in the production sector of the manufacturing plant during the selection process, on the occasion of pregnancy or sick leaves, and at resuming work, when female workers are classified as allocated. In the second case, we approach the ways of exclusion found in the selection process of the so-called exceeding workers during the process of changes that occurred from 1995 to 2000. In both cases, regardless of the differences between the two companies, the ways of exclusion show similarities and are analyzed focusing on the symbolic dimension of their completion. Keywords: Productive restructuring; exclusion mechanisms; symbolic dimension; change processes.