President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) again defended this Tuesday (6) the end of the 6x1 work schedule and stated that he wants to see the reduction in working hours "come off the ground".
In a post on social media, Lula defended a working day of five days and two days off per week, without a salary reduction. The president also criticized his opponent in the second round of elections, senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), and said that he is against the proposal.
"Flávio Bolsonaro is against it. For him, whoever works less has to earn less. I would like to see him explain to a mother of a family which bill she stops paying so she can rest. The food? The electricity? The rent? Anyone who lives on a salary knows that this is not a choice," said Lula.
The proposal being discussed in the National Congress establishes a maximum working day of 40 hours per week, divided into five days of work and two days of rest, with no salary reduction. The proposal began to be discussed this Tuesday by the plenary of the Federal Senate.
The text has already been approved by the Chamber and the Constitution and Justice Committee (CCJ) of the Senate and still needs to go through two rounds of voting in the Senate plenary.
"Today, the Senate once again discussed a change that could make a huge difference in the lives of millions of Brazilians: the end of the 6x1 scale. And I want to see this achievement come to fruition," said Lula.
"What we defend are 5 days of work and 2 days off per week, without a reduction in salary. Because workers want to improve their lives, but they also want time to live, rest, take care of their health and be with their family", he continued.
Flávio has already taken a stance against the end of the 6x1 scale as proposed by Congress. The PL candidate defends a flexible working day, negotiated directly between employee and employer. This model could include a salary reduction if there was a reduction in working hours.
In August, during a meeting with businesspeople at the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Fiesp), Flávio defended that workers should have the freedom to choose their own working hours as an alternative to the extinction of the 6x1 scale.
Asked about the topic this Tuesday, Flávio Bolsonaro stated that he advocates giving workers more freedom to choose their own working hours. As an example, he cited mothers who are unable to complete an eight-hour day because they have no one to leave their children with.
"I have an infinitely better proposal than the proposal that is on the table, which is to give workers the freedom to choose their own working hours. There are many mothers, for example, who cannot work eight hours a day because they cannot afford to leave their children," he said.
The candidate stated that, in his project, these mothers could define their journey according to their needs and would have access to a voucher to pay for a private daycare if they were unable to find a place in the public network.
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Theme enters the second round dispute
The discussion takes place in the middle of the second round of the presidential election. Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro will compete for the Presidency on October 25th. In the first round, Flávio received 47.03% of the valid votes, and Lula, 45.16%.
The end of the 6x1 scale had already caused differences between the two candidates before the vote. In August, Flávio's campaign coordination tried to prevent the PEC from being voted on during the electoral period. The PL's assessment was that a change of this magnitude should be discussed in more depth and analyzed only after the elections.
