And here we are on May 1st, Labor Day, a day of reflection, which is a holiday in Brazil as well as in several other countries around the world such as Portugal, Russia, France, Spain, among others.
In times like the ones we are living today, or rather, since unemployment skyrocketed in our country, this date has never been so important, especially in light of labor legislation and other work rules. Thus, observing recent events, which in the face of high unemployment rates and economic stagnation, came the outlandish promises.
In 2017, there was the labor reform, which was rushed and only reduced many workers' rights and guarantees and, consequently, decreased workers' income, without, however, creating the long-awaited jobs, in addition to reducing the rising informalization of work in Brazil. Proof of this are the alarming numbers of unemployed and informal workers observed in the years 2018 and 2019.
However, since it is substantiated in the society that its wheel turns on the foundation of capital, the important thing was to reduce costs, pay and spend less on workers, and with that, life goes on. We reached 2020 and with it also came the coronavirus, Covid-19, right after Carnival. A pandemic that shook and changed the way and human relations at all levels.
We then saw that capital without its workforce is nothing; we saw that workers are essential, fundamental, the true force that drives the economy, moves society and production, because with the mandatory social distancing and workers staying at home, everything stopped.
Having surpassed the observation of the force that moves society (the worker), we come across the force that moves the economy, the person who shops in the neighborhood, who pays the bills because they need their name clean, who buys on credit, who usually spends their entire salary on effective consumption, this person could only be the worker, the one with a signed work card, the one who cannot have their income reduced, because that harms the economy, because it decreases consumption, retracts production and does not allow for social development.
And with that we return to our May 1st, to the pandemic and to the eternal need to reflect and ponder about our concepts or prejudices regarding the importance and necessity of Brazilian workers. Long live May 1st, to work and to the Brazilian worker, and the hope that the reflections of employers and employees are not made only on this date, but rather on all our days.
Wiler Coelho is a labor lawyer
In times like the ones we are living today, or rather, since unemployment skyrocketed in our country, this date has never been so important, especially in light of labor legislation and other work rules. Thus, observing recent events, which in the face of high unemployment rates and economic stagnation, came the outlandish promises.
In 2017, there was the labor reform, which was rushed and only reduced many workers' rights and guarantees and, consequently, decreased workers' income, without, however, creating the long-awaited jobs, in addition to reducing the rising informalization of work in Brazil. Proof of this are the alarming numbers of unemployed and informal workers observed in the years 2018 and 2019.
However, since it is substantiated in the society that its wheel turns on the foundation of capital, the important thing was to reduce costs, pay and spend less on workers, and with that, life goes on. We reached 2020 and with it also came the coronavirus, Covid-19, right after Carnival. A pandemic that shook and changed the way and human relations at all levels.
We then saw that capital without its workforce is nothing; we saw that workers are essential, fundamental, the true force that drives the economy, moves society and production, because with the mandatory social distancing and workers staying at home, everything stopped.
Having surpassed the observation of the force that moves society (the worker), we come across the force that moves the economy, the person who shops in the neighborhood, who pays the bills because they need their name clean, who buys on credit, who usually spends their entire salary on effective consumption, this person could only be the worker, the one with a signed work card, the one who cannot have their income reduced, because that harms the economy, because it decreases consumption, retracts production and does not allow for social development.
And with that we return to our May 1st, to the pandemic and to the eternal need to reflect and ponder about our concepts or prejudices regarding the importance and necessity of Brazilian workers. Long live May 1st, to work and to the Brazilian worker, and the hope that the reflections of employers and employees are not made only on this date, but rather on all our days.
Wiler Coelho is a labor lawyer
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