O direito ao isolamento social e o serviço essencial: uma análise do trabalho doméstico na pandemia de covid-19 e a atuação do Sindoméstico-BA.

Abstract

The general objective of the research is to analyze how the new coronavirus pandemic affected labor relations involving domestic workers in Salvador - BA, and the specific objectives are: to observe the effects of the new coronavirus pandemic on domestic workers; and to analyze the performance of the Sindicato dos Trabalhadores Domésticos da Bahia (Sindoméstico – BA) in the context of the pandemic. In this sense, a multi-referential bibliographical research was carried out in digital repositories, books, legislation, judicial decisions, etc., in addition, there was a non-structured interview with the president of the Trade Union. The results reveal that the most important legislative achievements for domestic workers are recent, such as Constitutional Amendment n° 72/2013 and Complementary Law n° 150/2015, while the pandemic has opened up problems for domestic workers that have long been alive, such as lack of registration in the Work Card, in addition to creating an environment for the commission of crimes by employers by normalizing the suspension of the legal system that deals with the rights of the professional category, providing an environment of state of exception, however, there was action by the Trade Union and the Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Domésticos (FENATRAD) in order to minimize the effects of the health emergency. It is concluded that even domestic work existing in Brazil for centuries, rights were conquered late, leading to social and economic vulnerabilities, but it is possible to notice the strength and organization of black women who are protagonists in the struggle for these workers to be recognized as subjects of rights.