God created the Earth, the sky and all forms of life in six days. On the seventh day he rested, generously bequeathing us the Sunday off, since he himself was all powerful, he didn’t keep time and he didn’t win.
The demand for the end of the 6×1 round, as we know, has just become a PEC to be sent to the
Changing this regime and discussing the reduction of weekly working hours is a relevant contemporary issue, with a historical past and human and civilizational implications. Some commentators, resistant to change, reacted untimely, considering that the idea would be unrealistic and would harm the company.
The observation that all G7 countries have a weekly working day shorter than our 44-hour week and that among the G20 countries, Brazil is only surpassed by India, China, Mexico, South Africa, Indonesia and Russia says something.
In the group, Canada has the lowest average, with 32.1 hours per week, followed by Australia, Germany and France, with averages of 32.3; 34.2 and 35.9. There are studies and experiments in Europe on more flexible schemes that guarantee more free time, such as the 4×3 journey. The rule that is beginning to be questioned today was implemented in Brazil during Vargas times to avoid a worse situation and guarantee workers’ rights.
It is worth remembering that changes in labor exploitation regimes are historically rejected by the economic status quo – from slavery to the inhumane conditions of the industrial revolution.
In England, at the beginning of the 19th century, the emerging industrial class considered working hours of up to 16 hours a day part of the game. Children were subjected to up to 11 hours a day. In 1847, Parliament established a ten-hour limit and further reductions were won by the workers’ movement. It is necessary to recognize the productivity gains caused by technology and that the world of work is changing and demands new arrangements. There is evidence, as far as we know, serious, about harm to physical and mental health caused by diets
The Life Beyond Work movement, which the councilor elected by Rio (PSOL) raised with great success –– is a fair demand with a loud echo among young people subjected to this CLT rule, which he classifies as slavery. “I don’t have a child, I don’t have anything, I’m alone, I can’t do things. Imagine who has a child, who has a husband, who has a house to take care of”… “The person has to donate themselves to the company six days a week and just one day off. And that’s for minimum wage. Guys, it’s not enough.”
Representatives of the trade, which largely uses 6×1, say there is no way, that it would increase prices, etc. It will be? At the time of the creation of the thirteenth salary, most business people classified the measure as “disastrous” – a term, in fact, featured at the time in the headline of a major newspaper. Today, payment reduces defaults and boosts commerce and the economy at the end of the year.
I don’t know what formula could be used – but the Minister of Labor’s idea of leaving it to category agreements sounds like tergiversation. It’s worth having the debate. This is not a whim of the masses who work six hours and have one day off a week in exchange for pocket change.
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