With the slogan Employment, Rights, Income and Democracy, the trade union centrals held, this Monday (1st), a unified act to mark the International Labor Day, in Vale do Anhangabaú, in the center of São Paulo. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva confirmed his presence at the events. During the morning, leaders of the centrals took turns at the microphone, unraveling their 15 struggle agendas, while the public arrived, little by little, and settled in the place, waving flags. Recalling the sequence of setbacks that marked the last four years in Brazil, the workers’ representatives highlighted as claims the appreciation of the minimum wage and public servants, the end of high interest rates, the strengthening of collective bargaining and democracy, the creation of jobs and income, the expansion of rights to all, dignified retirement and the promotion of gender equality in the labor market. Another flag of the movement is the defense of Convention 156 of the International Labor Organization (ILO). The device aims to promote policies that make men and women equal, both in terms of opportunities offered and treatment, bearing in mind that a series of responsibilities, such as household chores and child care, are attributed with greater weight to women, the that affects them professionally. This was an aspect addressed by several female leaders who shared the stage at the beginning of the act, and drew attention to the fact that, most of the time, it is women who play the role of caregiver. “If we have a sick relative, we are the ones who take care of them. If we have children, we are the ones who take care of them. And, if we have a father-in-law and mother-in-law, we are the ones who take care of them”, declared director Maricler Real, of the Public Server Central. The president of the Union of Employees at Fuel and Petroleum Services Stations in Guarulhos and Region, Telma Cardia, complemented the director’s speech, stating that the covid-19 pandemic hit, above all, female workers. “We women have been harmed the most,” she declared. “We need more jobs and living wages. We still have a higher workload.” Black workers saw themselves represented in Simone Nascimento’s speech. “Princess Isabel signed the Lei Áurea, but she did not sign the work permit”, she said, recalling the precariousness that affects this part of the population most seriously. Other principles that guide this year’s articulation are the regulation of work through applications, the defense of public companies, the repeal of the new secondary education and measures that modified the workers’ legislation, such as the labor reform. Sustainable development is also part of the agenda. The act’s programming also includes the participation of several artists, such as Zé Geraldo, the first to perform, around 11 am. Later, Leci Brandão, Toninho Geraes and Almirzinho, Dexter, Edi Rock, MC Sofia, Ilú Obá de Min, Arnaldo Tifu, DJ Cranmarry, Samantha Schmütz & Gêmeos, from the tuning series, should take to the stage.
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