ABSTRACT
This chapter analyses the changes that took place in labour relations and activities within the Brazilian shipbuilding industry during the recovery in activity in the main shipyards from the late 1990s. The study has three central parts: first, the start and increase in the regional employment decentralisation process in the country’s shipbuilding industry; secondly, it considers variables, mainly those linked to the number of jobs, education level, time working in the same company, age, and wage rate; the third part analyses information regarding manpower costs and productivity. 1
