Abstract
This study proposes to discuss the potential of the Solidarity Economy to the occupational health field. This is a qualitative research that aimed to analyze the experiences of pleasure and pain at work of construction workers inserted in a venture of Solidarity Economy. Observation, questionnaire and focus group were used as research techniques and procedures. The analysis of information was based on the theoretical perspective of Work Psychodynamic. The results point to the prevalence of experiences of pleasure in the studied work context, related to the presence of the principles of solidarity economy and cooperativism. However, distress experiences also emerge, especially related to the risks of the job and the physical damage caused by that. Thus old problems of the construction industry are reproduced in this context, as the presence of accidents at work, refusals to wear the PPE (personal protective equipment) and defensive strategies to negate the risks.
Keywords:
occupational health, solidarity economy; construction; work psychodynamic