Mello Franco: Temer wants to tamper with the guarantee of workers' rights.
"The CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws) preserves some authoritarian remnants of the Getúlio Vargas dictatorship. One of them is the principle of union exclusivity, which should have already been abolished. Since the government doesn't address the issue, it gives the impression that its target is what the law has that is good: the guarantee of workers' rights," says columnist Bernardo Mello Franco, regarding the statement by the Minister of Labor, Ronaldo Nogueira, that the Temer government will propose an "update" to the CLT by the end of the year.
247 - According to columnist Bernardo Mello Franco, it became clear from the statements of the Minister of Labor, Ronaldo Nogueira, that the target of Michel Temer's interim government is to tamper with the guarantee of workers' rights.
"How to amend the CLT (Brazilian Labor Law) without affecting salaried workers? The minister didn't explain the magic. He only said that he will seek "a format that prioritizes collective bargaining" regarding the current law. In a crisis scenario, it's difficult to imagine that the interests of employees will prevail in the negotiation."
The CLT (Consolidation of Labor Laws) preserves some authoritarian remnants of the Getúlio Vargas dictatorship. One of them is the principle of union exclusivity, which should have already been abolished. Since the government doesn't address the issue, it gives the impression that its target is what the law has that is good: the guarantee of workers' rights," he says (read more). here).