Analisa o quadro do trabalho sob a hegemonia do neoliberalismo, antes da pandemia do coronavírus, apresentando alguns indicadores sobre a precarização do trabalho no setor privado e público. Defende a tese de que a pandemia desnudou a tragédia neoliberal, amplificando todas as mazelas do trabalho e questionando o lugar do Estado, ao mostrar a necessidade de políticas públicas e de investimentos para enfrentar essa crise humanitária, que obrigaram os governos atuarem na contramão do intervencionismo neoliberal. Analisa a realidade brasileira, antes e durante a pandemia, destacando os agravantes de viver uma pandemia sob um governo neofascista, cuja atuação foi genocida, enquanto as classes dominantes e seus representantes no executivo e no congresso nacional reafirmaram as políticas neoliberais, penalizando gravemente os trabalhadores. Aponta as perspectivas frente a uma recessão mundial, de crise de hegemonia do neoliberalismo, cuja crise econômica e social exigirá mais Estado social.
The article discusses the framework of work under the hegemony of neoliberalism, before the coronavirus pandemic, presenting some indicators about the precariousness of work in the private and public sector, defending the thesis that the pandemic exposed the neoliberal tragedy, amplifying all the ills in the world of work and questioning the place of the State, by showing the need for public policies and investments to face this humanitarian crisis, which made governments act against neoliberal interventionism. It analyzes the Brazilian reality, before and during the pandemic, highlighting the aggravating factors of living a pandemic under a neo-fascist government, whose performance was genocidal, at the same time that the ruling classes and their representatives in the executive and in the national congress reaffirmed the neoliberal policies, penalizing workers seriously. It also points out that post-pandemic perspectives, in the face of a global recession, will deepen the crisis of neoliberalism's hegemony, as the economic and social crisis will demand more welfare state.