The Central Workers’ Union (Central Unica dos Trabalhadores, CUT) has chosen March 1st to announce the enhancement of its campaign for the removal of the union tax, started three years ago. Indeed, March 1st is the day when all Brazilian employees, even if they are not union members, pay this tax, automatically taken from their salary. This is mandatory contribution (non-voluntary) to the funding system for unions and for employers’ organizations and associations of liberal trades as well as public funds which manage unemployment benefits. This tax was introduced in 1943 under the Vargas administration. The CUT said it intended to ask the government to comply with the commitment signed in March 2008 to remove this tax and replace it with another funding system. To be effective, the agreement has to be transposed into a bill and approved by the Brazilian Congress.
ons of liberal trades as well as public funds which manage unemployment benefits. This tax was introduced in 1943 under the Vargas administration. The CUT said it intended to ask the government to comply with the commitment signed in March 2008 to remove this tax and replace it with another funding system. To be effective, the agreement has to be transposed into a bill and approved by the Brazilian Congress.
Union tax to be replaced by contribution to collective bargaining. In 2010, the Fede
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