Injured/sickened workers at the Aluminum Complex at Barcarena, Para and the denial of social rights/Trabalhadores acidentados/adoecidos no Complexo do Aluminio-Barcarena e a negacao dos direitos sociais

This article investigates the denial of injured or sickened worker's social rights at the Barcarena, Para Aluminum Complex, in the Amazon. It is based on empirical research carried out in 2015 with eleven workers and three representatives of political organizations at the Complex. The data was analyzed to investigate the social rights of these workers, which are being denied, and the main causes for this. It was found that the working conditions in the companies that make up this Complex involve technologies both advanced and obsolete, with numerous toxic chemical combinations harmful to health. This puts the lives of workers at risk, predisposing them to injury or sickness, culminating in the denial of social rights and the invisibility of exploitative labor practices in the Amazon.