CUT calls on workers for a week of mobilizations.
The union's agenda begins on Wednesday (13), the day former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva testifies in Curitiba; it continues on Thursday (14) with activities against the labor reform; "This proposal approved by this government and this corrupt Congress will end your formal employment contract," says the president of CUT, Vagner Freitas.
Current Brazil Network - On Wednesday (13), former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is due to appear at the Federal Court in Curitiba to give a new statement to Judge Sergio Moro. CUT included this in the central's mobilization schedule. The president of the organization, Vagner Freitas, describes the judicial persecution of the former president as "an attempt to make Lula's candidacy unviable" for the country's presidency in 2018.
At its recent extraordinary congress, CUT considered the defense of Lula as part of the struggle to repeal measures deemed contrary to national and workers' interests adopted by the Temer government.
The union, together with the Popular Brazil Front, of which it is a part, will hold the "Day of Struggles for Democracy" starting at 15 pm in Generoso Marques Square, in downtown Curitiba, in support of the former president while he is giving his testimony. Cultural events are planned, as well as public lectures on the handling of Operation Lava Jato by the Justice system.
Also this week, on Thursday (14), the central union, together with other union entities, will promote the National Day of Struggles to Annul the Labor Reform. CUT intends to gather signatures for the creation of a Popular Initiative Law that annuls the Labor Reform, which comes into force in the country on November 11. "This proposal approved by this government and this corrupt Congress will end your formal employment contract," says Vagner.