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Retrospective 2012: More than 500 thousand construction workers went on strike for better work conditions

January 14th, 2013 | Comments Off

In Brazil, it is estimated that more than 500,000 construction workers went on strike at construction sites in 2012. This information was released on “Evaluation of Strikes in construction sector in Brazil in 2012″ published by the National Federation of Construction Industry Workers – Fenatracop. The study points to the fact that most of the mobilizations were caused by wage inequalities and the claim for better working conditions. Among these workers, it is estimated that about 60% stopped their activities in the first half of the year. The region where the biggest number of workers went on strike was the northeast of the country with approximately 200,000 people; the second region was the Southeast with around 125,000 workers and the third was the north with 115,000. It is estimated that almost … Read entire article »

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