During the COVID-19 pandemic, many occupational groups classified as essential did not receive adequate protection or care. Interviews with municipal funeral service workers in São Paulo revealed that the pandemic intensified invisibility, devaluation, and the precariousness of working conditions within this group. The consequences included emotional exhaustion, loss of meaning in work, and mental suffering. … Read More →
Book Reviews Allow Critical Evaluation of Reference Works
Critical book reviews can be a valid means of disseminating S&T in the field of occupational health due to their potential for technical-scientific literacy. Beyond introducting this issue in matters of Occupational Safety & Health (OSH) and in order to provide a brief contextualization of this type of document, a published review of the book « Rédonner du Sens au Travail » is also presented at the end. … Read More →
Solidarity Economy Promotes Mental Health and Social Justice through an Agroecological Network
Recognizing alternative ways of living that value sustainability, dignified life and work, and political and economic justice is essential to mitigating environmental degradation and social precarization. The Justa Trama network exemplifies how solidarity economy serves as a form of resistance to capitalism capable of fostering a fairer society. … Read More →
Work Analyzing 30 Years of Accidents Brings New Perspectives to Industrial Safety
Interview with Jean-Christophe Le Coze about his book Thirty Years of Accidents: The New Face of Sociotechnical Risks, which offers an analysis of three decades of industrial accidents and proposes new models for understanding sociotechnical risks in an increasingly complex world. … Read More →
The Vector Control Workers from the State of Rio de Janeiro Struggle for Health
The struggle for health by vector control workers in the state of Rio de Janeiro highlights the importance of collaboration between workers and researchers to improve working conditions. … Read More →
Occupational Therapy Contributes to Rethinking the Centrality of Work in People’s Lives
Occupational Therapy can help us find balance among the various occupations we undertake throughout life. The centrality of work in adult life occurs in a world marked by mental illness and precarious labor conditions. It is necessary to question this supremacy and make room for other occupations. … Read More →
Neoliberal management of work-related psychosocial risks shifts responsibility onto workers
Addressing psychosocial risks in the workplace may be challenging within the framework of neoliberal capitalist management, which often prioritizes individual solutions and shifts responsibility onto employees instead of implementing systemic changes to improve potentially harmful working conditions. … Read More →
Work-Related Diseases List Expands Recognition of Occupational Cancer
The new Work-Related Diseases List (Lista de Doenças Relacionadas ao Trabalho – LDRT) issued by Brazil’s Ministry of Health expanded from 182 to 347 disease codes and from 14 to 50 types of neoplasms. This represents a major achievement, reported in the Occupational Cancer Dossier of the Brazilian Journal of Occupational Health / Revista Brasileira de Saúde Ocupacional (RBSO). … Read More →
Climate change impacts the health of agricultural workers
We rarely stop to consider the journey our food takes – from preparing the land for planting to reaching the tables of Brazilian families. At the start of this journey there are the agricultural workers, who carry out a heavy workload and face growing challenges to their well-being, safety, and health – challenges that are being intensified by climate change. … Read More →
Performance Evaluation Sets Unattainable Goals for Bank Workers
In the context of neoliberal expansion, domination over workers shifts from subjection of their bodies to control of their subjectivity. An analysis of a performance evaluation tool used by a private Brazilian bank reveals the prescription of unattainable goals. … Read More →
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