End of 6×1 would have an impact of billions, says SRB director

The proposal to end the 6×1 scale is still being processed in the National Congress with divergent positions between the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate. While the Chamber moves forward with the designation of a rapporteur and signaling the agenda for soon, the Senate indicates that it should conduct the debate more cautiously and without haste, with the possibility of changes to the original project.

Patrícia Arantes, executive director of SRB (Brazilian Rural Society), defended that the discussion on the topic be carried out in a less accelerated way, taking into account the specificities of the agricultural sector.

"The agricultural sector employs practically 30 million people, so this corresponds to one in every four workers in Brazil", he stated. "Every change we make in this sector really has a huge impact."

Patrícia Arantes cited a study presented by the Parliamentary Front for Agriculture at the CCJ (Constitution and Justice Commission) of the Chamber of Deputies to illustrate the financial dimension of the proposal.

According to the data, the ethanol sector would suffer an impact of R$4 to R$5 billion, the pork and poultry protein sector of R$9 billion, and the cooperatives of R$2.5 billion. "This impact is really huge", he highlighted.

The SRB representative also pointed out that the transition period foreseen in the proposal - 60 days for a part and 14 months in total - would be unfeasible for the business community.

According to her, this condition could create even more difficulties in hiring. The scenario, in Patrícia Arantes' assessment, would be worsened by the full veto of the harvest workers' bill by the Presidency of the Republic, a measure that, according to her, makes the situation even more worrying for the sector.

Sector defends contractual freedom and alternative PEC
When asked about an alternative PEC that proposes greater flexibility in labor laws, Patrícia Arantes stated that the Brazilian Rural Society supports the initiative. She argued that freedom to contract is fundamental, especially in the face of international competitiveness.

"The United States, Australia and Argentina are three countries that are competitors of ours and have labor laws with much more contractual freedom", he said, adding that this difference negatively impacts the cost in Brazil.

Patrícia Arantes also highlighted that applying urban logic to rural reality would be, in her words, "a very big mistake". The SRB claims to be providing technical data to the Senate so that the specificities of the field are included in the proposals under discussion.

Among the examples cited are dairy farming, with its two daily milkings, slaughterhouses with a scale of 12 by 36, and harvest workers, all with work dynamics that are different from urban activities.

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