摘要：From a dialectical-materialist analysis, this essay reflects about the entry of women in the world of work through the activity of checkout operating in a U.S. supermarket installed in Brazil. Argued that time, the characterization of this function at work, notably inserted in a global process of impoverishment and degradation of the work, in which the female workforce has important peculiarities. Used to the intent, the analysis of semi-structured interviews with unionists involved in the representation of this sector of workers, as well as systematic observations of the stores and supercenters.
关键词：Mundialization of Capital. Sexual division of Labor. Female Labor. Checkout. Wal-Mart.;Sociologia do Trabalho;Trabalho e Tecnologia;Tecnologia e Sociedade.
