O fim da contribuição sindical com o advento da Lei 13.467/2017: enfraquecimento da organização sindical brasileira

Abstract

This scientific article sought to analyze the union contribution, the main source of funding for union organizations, popularly known as union tax, and emphasized the occurrence of the weakening of Brazilian union organizations in the light of Law No. 13,467 of July 13, 2017, denominated Labor Reform that was inserted in the Brazilian legal system and that brought innovations regarding the legislative alteration that put an end to the compulsory union contribution that became optional. With the introduction of new nuances to the consolidated text, what constituted the new Brazilian union model, coming from the Union Unity highlighted by the Constitution of the Federative Republic under the dictates of the Democratic State of Law and, essentially, its revenues from union taxes. To this end, we sought to emphasize the concept of this institute, the historical context of the union entities, their functions in the constitutional system, their representativeness, legal nature, structure, the modalities of the union's revenues and reached the possible favorable and contrary developments in the face of this change legislation that introduced the option of union contribution