Labor rights in dispute in the STF: the role of labor prosecutors

Abstract

Through the historical institutionalist approach, the aim of this article is to deal with the judicial action of labor prosecutors before the Supreme Federal Court (STF), which is carried out through its national association (ANPT), pointing out the arguments used and the constraints and institutional stimuli. Therefore, we raise and analyze judicial actions promoted in the STF, in the central themes that have moved the institutional agenda of ANPT. As results, we present an action based on the defense of labor rights and institutions and related public policies, which deal with issues challenged by business class entities. In addition, we discuss how the decisions of the STF ministers can strengthen their own power to direct the policies of the area and can also limit the institutional voices that approach the demands of the civil society for the defense of the labor rights.