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Apart from the economic and technological background which determined important features of the factory environment in Greater São Paulo from the Second World War onwards, working conditions were also shaped by legal, social and ideological forces which formed and changed industrial relations during the period up to 1960. In particular, the bargaining power of industrialists and labour directly affected the use of the workforce, its environment and achievement of its rights. As will be argued in this chapter and elsewhere, conditions in the workplace also had an impact on industrial productivity and performance.
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Colistete, R. (2001). Shaping the Factory Environment. In: Labour Relations and Industrial Performance in Brazil. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780333992722_4
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