This research had as its starting point the recognition of parts of the population who
have always had to resort to the informal labor market to ensure their survival. In Brazil,
the configuration of the labor market differs from that of developed countries, mainly
from Europe, where there was formation of a state of full social welfare.
Since the mid-1980s with the restructuring of production and intensification (neo)
liberal, has seen the (re) set in relation to capital x work, which has had major
consequences as a lower supply of formal jobs, and enhance and precarious working
conditions. Since then, a growing number of workers who can not find a job in the
formal labor market, leaving them the "option" to exercise their activities in the
informal labor.
The present study aims to understand the genesis of informality in the city of Palmas,
the capital of the State of Tocantins. Most of the theories that explain the informality,
base their arguments on the argument that this phenomenon results from a reduction of
jobs in the industrial sector.However, it is observed that also in regions / cities that do
not have a significant participation of the industrial sector in economic activity, there is
a large portion of workers working in the informal sector.
What are the causes of the manifestation of informality in these localities? What are the
main variables that contribute to this phenomenon also manifests itself in these
regions? There are factors of moral / cultural / psychological / religious influence in
shaping this phenomenon? What are the advantages and disadvantages are attributed to
the employment and work in the informal workers who work in the informal
market? Anyway, what is the genesis of informality in a location where industrial
production was, and is insignificant in terms of its percentage share in economic
activity?
To try to understand these questions, we analyzed interviews with workers living in the
city of Palmas performing their work activities in the informal labor market. The work
trajectories analyzed show the complexity of the issue of informal work market. Armed
with the data obtained through interviews, we could better understand the heterogeneity
and complexity involving the universe of informal labor market in Brazil, having been
revealed aspects that are restricted to everyday scenes in these workers. There is
undoubtedly a broad sense that the universe involves the informal labor market. But the
universe of streets turned out to be a universe that much more complex and diverse than
it may seem.
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