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Export to Employ
Inside this number:
Export to
Employ
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Black women in
the fight
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UGT holds
Plenary of
Commerce
Workers
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UGT hosts II
Seminar on
Social Welfare
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WSM Meeting in
Santo Domingo
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Chinese unionists
at UGT
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Online Global
Unionism
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Export to employ: a
proposal for the
crisis
UGT Global
There are many obstacles to the improvement of economy, and the main one is the
political crisis. Surely that the economic crisis and the mistakes made by the federal
administration highly contributed to the current situation. But few people are in doubt that
the political crisis was an important cause for the deepening of the situation and its
permanence hinders finding a solution for it.
We must go back to a virtuous circle, as our proposal preaches. More production, more
employment, more wages. And again: more consumption, more production, ...
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Situation Bulletin
Challenger scenario
The average wage paid to those hired in October 2015 was R$ 1,274.85; while those who
were fired earned R$ 1,453.09. That is, the average hiring remuneration is worth 87.7%
of the dismissal. Last October this difference was smaller and represented 90.4%. If the
effects of inflation are disregarded, the wage of those entering the job market was
1,307.86 while that of those leaving it was 1,446.53.
In periods of recession, the job market worsens, there is an increase in unemployment, a
decrease in demand for labor and, at the same time, there is an increase of job offer, with
a reduction of the negotiation power of trade unions, therefore, salaries and jobs, or
workers, are the major victims, the coordinator affirmed.
From January to October 2015, Brazil cut 687.8 jobs related to the range of 1.51 to 3
minimum wages, while 189.6 jobs of up until 1.5 minimum wages were cut.
We are managing to create jobs with annual income around R$ 15 thousand and
accelerating the destruction of jobs in the highest ranges, the more qualified ones, said
Marcio Pochmann, economist and professor of the Institute of Economy and researcher at
Cesit (Center of Trade Union and Labor Economy Studies, both from Unicamp).
In the first ten months of the year, Brazil cut 177.6 job positions with salaries in the range
above five minimum wages.
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On the opportunity, Jos Cloves Rodrigues, UGTs National secretary of the Commerce
Department, drew the attention of the trade union officers for the seriousness of the
moment and the need to join forces and efforts in defense of commerce workers of all
regions of Brazil, especially because this is the class that suffers from the consequences of
an unstable economy the most.
The officers made a protest, showing unanimity of thought in the concern of searching for
the adoption of urgent measures that might protect employment and the income of
commerce workers.
To Ricardo Patah, national president of UGT, measures such as the search of a data base
and of a national wage floor for commerce workers are a few of the essential requests of
the class, especially to prevent the wage distortions that are practiced, especially by
multinational groups that act in several parts of Brazil.
The plenary session of Fortaleza fulfilled its goal of mobilizing the class in search of
solutions and alternatives that aim to protect commerce workers, preventing them from
being the major damaged people when the working class is called to pay the bill of
uncontrolled public spending and lack of an economic policy that enable growth and
economic development of Brazil.
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Mulheres no Congresso
Viver sem violncia
On November 25, the female bench of the Congress started the 16-day campaign of
activism for the end of violence against women. UGT was represented on the occasion by
Rumiko Tanaka, finance director of CONTEC and director of UGTs board of executives,
attended the solemnity that launched the campaign at the Senate. The goal is increasing
and discussing measures to fight against female violence.
On
this
day,
the
creation
of
the
blog
mulheresnocongresso.com, by the Mixed Commission
of Elimination of Violence Against Women was made
official, which will publicize all the work of the
collegiate. Senator Simone Tebet (PMDB party-Mato
Grosso do Sul State), president of the commission,
affirmed that there are many battles and they include
tackling racial discrimination, since, according to her,
66% of women who were murdered were black.
The 16-day campaign of activism started on November 25, International Day for the
Elimination of Violence Against Women, and it will continue until December 10, data in
which we celebrate the Human Rights Day.
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The UGT Global is the Newsletter of International Information of the Unio Geral dos
Trabalhadores
The UGT union is an organization formed to defend the Brazilian workers across a broad trade
union movement, national, ethical, supportive, independent, democratic and innovative.
Communications Director: Marcos Afonso de Oliveira
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