Lula celebrates union origin and reaffirms commitment to workers

The President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said this Sunday (23) that the ABC Metallurgists Union (SMABC), as well as others in the category, leveraged him to the position, “something, until then, impossible”, and helped create the Workers Party (PT). Lula also pointed to the new president of the entity, Moisés Selerges Júnior, with a mandate until 2026, as a name of weight in the articulations between employers and employees in the sector, which could generate speculations about the possibility of gaining projection in the political sphere. Also in attendance were the ministers of Agrarian Development and Family Agriculture, Paulo Teixeira, and of Human Rights and Citizenship, Silvio Almeida, and the first lady, Janja Lula da Silva. that collective mobilization “begins at the factory gates”. In his speech, Moisés recalled that the resistance of the working class and social movements has been important in recent years: “It is time to reconquer democracy, to reconquer our rights”. Respect During his speech, Lula also emphasized that it was his administration that provided better working conditions throughout the country, extending the guarantee of labor rights to the most susceptible groups, such as housemaids. The priorities, he added, should be the creation of jobs, the increase in wages and the expansion of purchasing power. “And you’ve noticed the price of food going down,” he observed. “If we produce cars, if we want cars. If we produce computers, we want computers. If we produce clothes, we want clothes”, he added, in reference to the right of workers to ascend socially and consume what they produce. For Lula, another issue that requires attention is the remnants of Bolsonarism and, as a consequence, what he called the resumption of a civilized climate. “People don’t have to like each other, they just have to respect each other”, he pondered. The president of the Workers’ Party (PT), Gleisi Hoffmann, also mentioned the need to revoke measures that facilitated access to firearms in the country, which especially affects women. The parliamentarian has already signaled concern about the matter in recent days. The federal government revised rules in this field, especially with regard to civilian weapons, including collectors, shooters and hunters, through the Security Action Plan (PAS), signed this Friday (21).

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