Trabalhadores migrantes vinculados às lavouras de cana-de-açúcar : a precarização do trabalho e condições desfavoráveis aos vínculos territoriais no município de Itapaci/GO

Abstract

This paper relies mainly on labor migration-related issues and is derived from a previous paper on migration triggered by sugar-cane planting and harvesting. The aim of this research is understanding job insecurity and how territorial connections are formed in the town of Itapaci, Goiás, between 1980 e 2022, tackling migration flow, exhausting work, and difficulties to be inserted in the destination place. We aim at better grasping the subjects´ experiences and the workers´ strategies amid territorial dynamics. We sought to identify the features of labor migration involving sugar-cane planting and harvesting, taking into consideration migration flow regarding job search, the new migration model present in Brazilian society and the recurrent difficulties in terms of social connection establishment. Thus, we surveyed the reasons that push migration, the capitalist system strategies for the maintenance of a great deal of unemployed workers, flexibilization and insecurities of working conditions in the sugar-cane industry, located in Itapaci e Rubiataba (GO) where these migrants work. The research was carried out after readings of references on migration, secondary data obtained from government agencies and also due to an empirical analysis including field research and semi-structured interviews, applied to workers and their family members. From the above-mentioned strategies, we found out there is insecurity as a reality for migrant workers who have temporary and physically-challenging jobs. Furthermore, there are difficulties to establish territorial connection which would eventually promote a better subject-destination relationship.