Outstanding in Congress for 19 years, the issue of statutory working time has come back into the national agenda with a demonstration in Brasilia on June 4 organized by all those who defend workers’ rights in the country. But bringing the workweek from 44 down to 40 hours without cutting pay won’t be a bed of roses. The Constitution must be amended and the MPs - who mostly represent employers - view this as a risk of losing competitiveness, whereas the country is already in full employment.
Among the wave of demonstrations before and up to the start of the Fifa World Cup in Brazil, one is an outstanding issue in the country: bringing the workweek from 44 down to 40 hours without cutting pay. On June 4, in Brasilia, several hundreds of workers’ rights champions demonstrated to finally get through Congress a text implementing a social improvement backed by all union confederations in the country.
Introduction in the Constitution after the dictatorship. Indeed, proposal for a constitu
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