The Minister of Labor and Employment, Luiz Marinho (PT)tried a change of speech and said that the president’s government Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) sees with “great sympathy” the Proposed Amendment to the Constitution (PEC) that ends the working day on a 6 x 1 scale (six days of work for one day of rest).
The project, authored by federal deputy Erika Hilton (PSOL-SP).
At the beginning of the week, in a note, the Ministry of Labor.
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“The 6×1 journey is cruel. Think about one, two, three, four, ten years, having a single day off a week. Just imagine how cruel it is, especially for women”, said Marinho.
The Minister of Labor, however, defended “serenity” in the debate surrounding the topic.
“The government has great sympathy and asks for serenity in the debate and that we can put an end to the 6×1. That’s my position”, explained Marinho. “But the role of negotiation, of collective agreement, of understanding comes into play here, because setting schedules must be done at the negotiation table.”
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The Minister of Labor recalled that, when he was president of the ABC Metalworkers Union, he put an end to the 6×1 scale.
“We did this within the framework of agreements to reduce working hours. The vast majority of this segment works 40 hours, and not the 44 hours that is currently understood as the maximum working day”, said Marinho.
“Here is a call to all segments of the economy about the need to debate the reduction of working hours, without reducing salaries, and in this context seek to incorporate the end of 6×1, which would be very positive for the economy and for workers”, he concluded.
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Processing
As it is a constitutional amendment, the votes of ⅗ of the deputies and senators are required, in two rounds of voting in each House of Congress, for the PEC to be approved. In the Chamber, this represents 308 deputies; in the Senate, 49 senators.
Before reaching the plenary, the PEC needs to go through a long process in the Legislature. The text has its constitutionality analyzed by the Constitution and Justice Commission (CCJ) and is then forwarded to a special commission.
Despite obtaining signatures for the text to begin processing in Congress, Erika Hilton herself says she is aware that the chances of approval of the PEC, at least at this moment, are low.
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