Alcolumbre meets today with trade union centrals and authors of the PEC of 6×1
The president of the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (União-AP), meets this Wednesday (1st) with trade union centrals and the deputies who were authors of the PEC (proposed amendment to the Constitution) that is being processed in the National Congress about the end of the 6×1 scale.
The text being debated in the Legislature was proposed by deputies Reginaldo Lopes (PT-MG) and Érika Hilton (Psol-SP). The meeting is scheduled to take place at 8 am, at the Official Residence of the President of the Senate.
The Palácio do Planalto hopes that the meeting will result in the proposal advancing in the Senate. Alcolumbre even said that he needed a conversation with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) and a meeting with the leaders of the Casa Alta before sending the text to the CCJ (Constitution and Justice Commission). However, none of these meetings took place.
Since it was approved by the Chamber of Deputies in May, the text has not yet been analyzed by the Senate, where the proposal has been stalled for more than a month.
From this Tuesday's meeting onwards, the main challenge will be to build an agreement to define the agenda's schedule. The government aims to approve the text before the elections. The president of the Senate, however, has avoided setting any deadline to move forward with the PEC and reiterated that he does not intend to vote on the text "in a hurry", on the grounds that the Senate cannot just be a House that "stamps" the Chamber.
On Tuesday (30), Alcolumbre said, without naming names, that authorities have "climbed in electric trios" to offend senators and push for a vote on the proposal. He criticized "pressure" and "attacks" against him and said he was against voting on texts that will be used on the eve of the electoral race.
In addition to this Wednesday's meeting, a thematic session in the Senate plenary to debate the end of 6×1 should also take place at 10 am. It will be the first formal discussion of the PEC since the text was sent to the Upper House.
What the proposal says
The article reduces the working day from 44 hours to 40 hours per week and establishes two days of rest, without salary reductions. The reduction will occur over a total period of 14 months, in two stages with a reduction of two hours: one after 60 days of the formalization of the new constitutional amendment and another after 12 months.
Members of the production sector are against the change and have sought out Alcolumbre to negotiate. Entrepreneurs fear risks of economic impact with the possible increase in production costs and, therefore, demand financial compensation to implement the reduction.
The government's economic team, however, argues that the change should have no impact and will allow productivity gains by improving the workforce's quality of life.
Source: CNN