“One already knows what´s coming”: labor mobility of bolivian andean migrants within sweatshops in São Paulo under manufacturing consent approach

Abstract This article addresses issues regarding labor mobility of Bolivian Andean migrants towards sweatshops located in the metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil. This is the journey they have been enduring over the last twenty-five years. This work analyses labor relations between sewers and sweatshop managersbeyond usual victimization against migrant groups from Bolivia, taking into accountboth coercion and consent levels - all of which under forms of unfree labor. The mechanism of manufacturing consent is supported by institutional and ideological elements which define the “slavery boundaries” at last instance.