O Protagonismo político e social do movimento nacional de catadores de materiais recicláveis na efetivação de direitos fundamentais

Abstract

This article proposes to analyze, through the dialectical approach, the role played by the National Movement of Collectors of Recyclable Materials (MNCR) in the realization of fundamental rights to health, housing and education. By developing their activities in the streets or in the associative mode, these workers face several difficulties intrinsic to their work activity, which are aggravated by the fact of experiencing a context of full denial of rights. In order to do so, it is intended to discuss the importance of social movements for the conquest of rights, especially the performance of those classified as “new”, in the theoretical construction of Maria da Glória Gohn (2013), as is the case of MNCR. Followed by the analysis of the main issues related to the fundamental rights to health, housing and education as objectives drawn by the movement to represent the professional category. Finally, the current context of collectors of recyclable materials is analyzed through the advances obtained in the realization of the rights on canvas.