Former President Lula, together with leaders of the Workers Party and trade unions, met with representatives of the Spanish government and legislature to gather experiences on the reversion of the labor reform on the European country. Brazil’s labor reform changed 300 legislative topics, allowing the outsourcing of all activities. It weakens the workers’ bargaining power and undermines the unions’ actions
"It’s necessary to create a new protection model to face a different reality of labor, one where communication technology opened the door to a universe of possibilities that were unseen until recently. We must present ways to protect workers that are not necessarily in a classical wage-earning work relationship. Nevertheless, their rights must be guaranteed as those of any other worker", says the sociologist Clemente Ganz Lúcio.
Also on this week show: At the beginning of January this year, Olavo de Carvalho was diagnosed with covid-19 and canceled the online classes he taught. After a couple weeks, he was reported dead and his family did not reveal the cause of death.
You can also listen to Naná Vasconcelos, one of the world's best percussionist, and Fundo de Quintal, one of the long-lasting samba groups in Brazil.
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Edited by: Thales Schmidt
