Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Santo André e Mauá

What Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Santo André e Mauá does

Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Santo André e Mauá is a nonprofit labor union founded in 1933 that represents metalworking industry workers in the municipalities of Santo André and Mauá in the Greater ABCD region of São Paulo state, Brazil. The union provides collective bargaining representation, legal assistance, health and safety oversight (CIPAS committees), labor homologation services, and access to a partner benefits network spanning healthcare, legal, education, and leisure services. Its core offerings include the 'Aplicativo do Metalúrgico' mobile app, a newsletter publication ('Jornal do Metalúrgico'), a vacation colony program, and specialized departments for women's affairs, racial and gender equality, sports and culture, and professional training.

The union operates on a membership dues revenue model (subscription/recurring), with workers affiliated through their employment in the metalworking, industrial, and manufacturing sectors. It is affiliated with national confederations CNTM (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Metalúrgicos) and Força Sindical, and participates in international labor movements including the UAW (United Auto Workers). The union is led by President Adilson Sapão and operates from two physical locations: its headquarters in Santo André and a regional office in Mauá. The organization maintains active engagement with named employers including Marelli, Teneco, São Carlos, Negel, Refriac, and Argos, successfully negotiating profit-sharing (PLR) agreements and food allowances for workers at these companies.

The union's GTM motion is community-led, relying on direct member engagement, workplace assemblies, collective bargaining campaigns, and digital channels including its website and Facebook presence. It operates with a small staff of 6 employees and has no disclosed technology platform beyond standard member services. As a regulated entity under Brazilian labor law, the union benefits from a structurally protected territorial monopoly over collective bargaining for its category and geography.

Name

Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Santo André e Mauá

Legal name

Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Santo André e Mauá

Website

https://metalurgicosantoandre.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1933

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Santo André e Mauá is a nonprofit labor union founded in 1933 that represents metalworking industry workers in Santo André and Mauá, São Paulo, Brazil, providing collective bargaining, legal services, and benefits access.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Santo André

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Union Membership Dues: The union operates through membership fees collected from affiliated metalworkers in the Santo André and Mauá region, providing collective representation, legal assistance, health benefits, and professional development services to members.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Santo André e Mauá is a labor union founded in 1933 that represents metalworking industry workers in the municipalities of Santo André and Mauá in São Paulo state, Brazil. The union negotiates collective bargaining agreements, profit-sharing (PLR) arrangements, wage campaigns, and workplace health and safety protections (CIPAS committees). It also delivers membership benefits including legal assistance, homologation services, a benefits partner network (healthcare, education, leisure), training courses, a vacation colony, and a member mobile app (Aplicativo do Metalúrgico).

Product overview

Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Santo André e Mauá operates as a labor union offering a unified platform of services to metalworking industry workers. The core offering centers on the Aplicativo do Metalúrgico mobile app, complemented by an extensive benefits program covering legal services, healthcare providers, educational discounts, and leisure facilities. Additional services include collective bargaining representation, vacation colony access, a union newspaper publication, and labor homologation services. The union also provides specialized departments for legal counsel, press, health and safety (CIPAS), women's affairs, racial and gender equality, sports and culture, and member registration and collection.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Aplicativo do Metalúrgico Mobile application providing services and information to union members, accessible via the union's website. Intended for affiliated metalworkers in Santo André and Mauá.
• Benefícios ao Trabalhador A comprehensive benefits program offering discounts and access to partner services including lawyers, gyms, clinics, laboratories, courses, dentists, schools, aesthetics, faculties, pharmacies, language schools, leisure, doctors, optics, funeral plans, and therapists. Available to union members.
• Colônia de Férias Vacation colony program providing recreational and holiday services to union members and their families.
• Jornal do Metalúrgico The union's newspaper publication providing news and information about union activities, labor issues, and member stories.
• Convenções Coletivas Collective bargaining agreements and conventions documentation and negotiation services for workers in the metalworking sector.
• Homologação Labor homologation services for formalizing employment termination agreements in compliance with Brazilian labor law. Available to union members and metalworkers in the region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Workers at Marelli approved PLR of R$ 8,300.00
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and supporting.

• UAW (United Auto Workers)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026American labor union representing autoworkers in the USA. The union's president Adilson Sapão attended the 39th UAW Convention in Detroit as part of CNTM/Força Sindical delegation, representing international labor solidarity.
• CNTM (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Metalúrgicos)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational confederation of metalworking workers that coordinates collective bargaining campaigns and represents Brazilian metalworkers internationally. The union's president Adilson Sapão represents CNTM/Força Sindical at international events.
• Força SindicalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor national labor confederation affiliated with the CUT, coordinating wage campaigns and workers' rights advocacy across Brazil. The union operates under this umbrella organization.
• CSP-ConlutasminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeft-leaning trade union confederation in Brazil. The union's director Luiz Carlos 'Mancha' participates in CSP-Conlutas alongside the CNTM representation.
• Benefit Partner NetworksupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerNetwork of partner businesses offering discounts to union members including lawyers, gyms, clinics, laboratories, courses, dentists, schools, aesthetics, universities, pharmacies, language schools, leisure, doctors, optics, funeral plans, and therapists.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Força Sindical: Major Brazilian national labor central under which the subject union operates. Comparable as an umbrella union organization coordinating wage campaigns, workers' rights advocacy, and federation-level bargaining, but covering multiple sectors beyond metalworking.
• CUT (Central Única dos Trabalhadores): Brazil's largest labor central. Comparable as a national union federation providing organizing, training, and bargaining support, but represents a different political federation than Força Sindical and covers all sectors rather than only metalworking.
• CNTM (Confederação Nacional dos Trabalhadores Metalúrgicos): The national confederation that the subject union is directly affiliated with via Força Sindical. Operates one level above as the nationwide coordinator of metalworkers unions, running wage campaigns and representing Brazilian metalworkers internationally.

Regional players

• UAW (United Auto Workers): American autoworkers union with whom the subject union's president has direct diplomatic engagement via the 39th UAW Convention. Comparable in target sector (auto and metalworking) and service model (collective bargaining, PLR-equivalent profit sharing, training), though operating under U.S. labor law and on a far larger scale.

Others

• UGT (União Geral dos Trabalhadores): Another major Brazilian labor central. Comparable as an organizing, training, and political advocacy counterpart, but cross-sector in scope and operating at the national federation level rather than as a single vertical sindicato.

Direct peers

• Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de Osasco e Região: Metalworkers union covering Osasco and surrounding municipalities in the western São Paulo metro. Closely comparable in vertical (metalworking), service offering (collective bargaining, legal, homologation, benefits), and target member base, though operating in an adjacent rather than overlapping geographic area.
• Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos do ABC: Historically the flagship metalworkers union of the ABC region. Directly comparable in vertical, target member profile, and historical federation context, and operates in close geographic proximity to Santo André and Mauá.
• Sindicato dos Metalúrgicos de São Paulo e Mogi das Cruzes: The dominant metalworkers union in the Greater São Paulo metropolitan area, covering São Paulo city and Mogi das Cruzes. Directly comparable as a regional metalworkers sindicato operating under similar collective bargaining, PLR, and homologation service models, but with a much larger membership base.
• Sindicato dos Trabalhadores nas Indústrias Metalúrgicas, Mecânicas e de Material Elétrico de Guarulhos: Metalworkers union covering Guarulhos and neighboring municipalities in the São Paulo metro. Closely comparable in vertical, service mix (collective bargaining, PLR, homologation, benefits), and member profile, though serving a different sub-region of the São Paulo industrial belt.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/sindmetalsa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sindicato-dos-metal%C3%BArgicos-de-santo-andr%C3%A9-e-mau%C3%A1

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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