Andes-Sindicato Nacional

What Andes-Sindicato Nacional does

ANDES-SN (Sindicato Nacional dos Docentes das Instituições de Ensino Superior), founded on February 19, 1981, at Unicamp in Campinas, is a Brazilian national labor union headquartered in Brasília, DF, that represents higher education professors and workers at public higher education institutions across Brazil. The union's represented base spans professors at 69 federal universities as well as state, municipal, and district higher education institutions, and additionally covers workers at 45 federal university hospitals managed by HU Brasil. Its organizational structure comprises 48 affiliated sectional unions distributed across the country, with a national headquarters staff of 16 employees.

The union's core products are advocacy, collective bargaining, and member services rather than commercial goods. Its outputs include publications such as Revista Universidade e Sociedade, Informandes, and Cadernos ANDES-SN; structured member-support instruments such as the Protocolo de Combate à Discriminação e Violência; and data tools including the Mais Verbas platform, which provides public financing information for higher education institutions to support negotiation and policy work. The union also pursues regulatory and constitutional advocacy, filing Ações Diretas de Inconstitucionalidade (ADIs) on higher-education funding and working-conditions matters.

The business model is a non-profit membership-dues structure. Revenue is collected from affiliated professors through the sectional unions, with go-to-market executed entirely through institutional and labor-union channels rather than commercial sales. The union is formally recognized under Brazilian labor law, which confers its representative monopoly, and it engages in coalition work with peer federations such as Fonasefe, Sinasefe, and Fasubra, as well as with public-sector bodies including the MEC and MDH. Financial figures are not publicly disclosed.

Name

Andes-Sindicato Nacional

Legal name

ANDES - SINDICATO NACIONAL DOS DOCENTES DAS INSTITUIÇÕES DE ENSINO SUPERIOR

Website

https://andes.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ANDES-SN is a Brazilian national labor union, founded in 1981, that represents higher education professors at 69 federal and additional state/municipal universities and workers at 45 federal university hospitals, operating through 48 sectional unions.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Union Membership Dues: ANDES-SN is funded primarily through membership dues collected from affiliated professors at public higher education institutions. The union operates through a structure of sectional unions at individual universities that collect dues from members and contribute to national operations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

ANDES-SN is a national labor union representing university professors at Brazilian public higher education institutions (federal, state, municipal, and district). It provides collective bargaining, legal defense, professional advocacy, publications (academic journal, newsletters, reports), and a digital data platform (Mais Verbas) to monitor public higher education financing. The union operates through a federated structure of 48 sectional unions and regional offices to deliver representation and mobilization services to its members.

Product overview

ANDES-SN operates as a national union representing university professors, offering a portfolio of publications, data tools, and policy resources. Its core offerings include the Revista Universidade e Sociedade academic journal, Informandes newsletters (PDF and online), Cadernos document series, and the Mais Verbas platform for monitoring public higher education financing. These products serve to document union activities, advance labor rights advocacy, and provide research and data on Brazilian higher education.

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Products and services

• Revista Universidade e Sociedade Semiannual academic journal published by ANDES-SN dedicated to debates on higher education, working conditions, and the defense of public education.
• Informandes (Jornal and Boletim) Periodic newspaper (Jornal) and online bulletin (Boletim) in PDF and online formats providing news and updates about union activities, labor struggles, and higher education policies.
• Cadernos ANDES-SN Document series including Caderno 2 and thematic publications covering union resolutions, labor rights, and educational policies.
• Mais Verbas Digital platform developed by ANDES-SN for accessing and monitoring data on financing of Public Higher Education Institutions (Instituições Públicas de Ensino Superior).
• Protocolo de Combate à Discriminação e Violência Internal protocol for prevention, combat, and investigation of cases of moral and sexual harassment, racism, LGBTQIA+phobia, and other forms of discrimination and violence in academic institutions.
• Legal Representation and Judicial Actions Legal representation for members including filing of Direct Actions of Unconstitutionality (ADIs) and other legal proceedings in defense of professor rights and public education.
• Panorama do Financiamento das Universidades Published reports documenting the financing of federal universities and state/municipal/district higher education institutions, used as evidence base for advocacy and campaigns.
• Enquete Nacional sobre Condições de Trabalho e Saúde Docente National survey on professor working conditions and health, providing evidence base for union advocacy on working conditions and occupational health.

Quantifiable outcome

• The union achieved salary recovery through organized strike action in 2012, 2015, and 2024, demonstrating that wage improvements correlate directly with collective mobilization.
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Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• FNCPS (Frente Nacional Contra a Privatização da Saúde)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 March 2026ANDES-SN partners with the National Front Against Privatization of Health to jointly denounce the advance of private sector involvement in university hospitals managed by HU Brasil (formerly EBSERH), and to advocate for public healthcare and better working conditions.
• Ministry of Human Rights and Citizenship (MDH)minorOthers · 25 March 2026ANDES-SN met with Minister Macaé Evaristo to discuss anti-racist policies in universities, action affirmative programs, violence against women, and the fight against institutional racism and discrimination in federal education institutions.
• Rede Sepa (Rede Social para a Educação Pública nas Américas)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026ANDES-SN participates in the Latin American Social Network for Public Education, collaborating with international unions and social movements to share experiences and develop coordinated responses to educational reforms and labor issues across the Americas.
• Fonasefe (Fórum das Entidades Nacionais de Servidores Públicos Federais)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANDES-SN participates in Fonasefe, a national forum that coordinates the labor struggle of federal public servants across multiple unions. The forum organizes joint mobilizations, develops shared policy positions, and conducts collective bargaining advocacy with the federal government on behalf of all federal public sector workers.
• Sinasefe (Sindicato Nacional dos Servidores da Educação Federal)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANDES-SN collaborates with Sinasefe for joint actions in defense of public education and federal education workers, including unified protests and coordinated bargaining with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Management.
• Fasubra (Federação de Sindicato de Trabalhadores Técnico-Administráticos em Instituições de Ensino Superior)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANDES-SN partners with Fasubra for unified actions with technical-administrative workers in universities, including joint rallies and coordinated defense of public higher education institutions.
• Conedep (Coordenação Nacional das Entidades em Defesa da Educação Pública)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerANDES-SN participates in Conedep, a national coordination of entities defending public education, working jointly with other education unions and social movements to develop unified positions and strategies for defending public education.
• MEC (Ministry of Education)coreOthersANDES-SN participates in official negotiation tables with the Ministry of Education, including the Mesa Setorial de Negociação Permanente (MSNP/MEC), to discuss higher education policy, working conditions, and implementation of collective bargaining agreements.
• FNE (Federação Nacional de Educação)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe 44th Congress approved ANDES-SN's entry into FNE, strengthening the union's participation in national education federations and coordination with other education sector unions for unified advocacy.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• UCU (University and College Union): UK trade union representing academic and related staff in higher and further education. Comparable in structure as a national union for higher education professionals conducting collective bargaining.
• Sinasefe (Sindicato Nacional dos Servidores da Educação Federal): Brazilian national union representing technical-administrative and educational workers at federal education institutions. Directly comparable to ANDES in serving the federal higher education ecosystem, with joint mobilization on shared bargaining demands with MEC.
• PROIFES-Federação: Rival Brazilian federation of federal higher education professors' unions. Competes with ANDES for representational legitimacy in the IFES segment, particularly through collective bargaining agreements with the federal government.
• AAUP (American Association of University Professors): US-based professional organization and collective bargaining advocate for university faculty. Most internationally comparable peer in mission of defending academic freedom and faculty governance.
• Fasubra (Federação de Sindicatos de Trabalhadores Técnico-Administrativos em Instituições de Ensino Superior): Federation of unions representing technical-administrative workers at Brazilian federal universities. Core coalition partner of ANDES in joint mobilizations on public higher education funding.
• CONADU (Federación Nacional de Docentes Universitarios): Argentine national federation of university professors' unions. Closest international peer in mission and structure, representing public university professors in defense of public higher education.

Others

• Education International: Global federation of teachers' and education workers' unions representing over 30 million educators worldwide. ANDES participates in networks aligned with EI; provides international solidarity and policy frameworks.

Regional players

• NTEU (National Tertiary Education Union): Australian union for staff in higher education, research, and TAFE. Direct functional peer representing tertiary-sector professionals, though geographically distant.

Broad incumbents

• CNTE (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Educação): Brazilian national confederation covering basic education public workers. Operates in the broader education-union space but focuses on K-12 rather than higher education; partners with ANDES through Conedep.
• CONTEE (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Estabelecimentos de Educação): Brazilian confederation of private-sector education workers. Operates in the same umbrella of education-sector unionism but covers private-sector employees rather than public university professors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/sindicatoandes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/andes-sindicato-nacional

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Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries2 records

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