The President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT), warned this Tuesday, 19th, that entrepreneurs in the construction sector “not to be scared” by the proposal to end the 6 to 1 work schedule. According to the president, the change in the schedule is a necessary measure to guarantee more time for workers and the changes will be made taking into account the specificities of each sector of the economy.
“Don’t be scared. The six to one scale is something that is necessary, because today people want more time to spend at home. It is normal that society has advanced”, declared Lula during the opening ceremony of the International Construction Industry Meeting (Enic), which took place in São Paulo.
In addition to respecting the specificities of each category, Lula said that the end of 6 for 1 will not be “imposed by force”, equally for all sectors. “It will be applied, taking into account the specificity of each category. No one will impose it by force… It is necessary to respect the reality of each category, each profession, each economic sector, to do things that result in the benefit we want for Brazilian society.”
During his speech, Lula also said that governing means having to make decisions and that, therefore, it is necessary to know who you are governing yourself for. “Governing is making a decision, choosing who you want to govern for, obviously a president has to govern for everyone.”
Still according to Lula, the government’s relationship with the construction industry is a two-way street, in which both sides need each other.
“I need you to generate jobs, build houses, I need you to carry out infrastructure works and you need me to provide financing. It’s a two-way street, if that’s the case, it doesn’t work”, he stressed, remembering that, under his government, real estate credit has grown continuously.
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