Brazil

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AFL-CIO Leads Solidarity Delegation to Brazil in Defense of Democracy

From August 13-18, AFL-CIO Executive Vice-President Tefere Gebre and AFL-CIO International Committee Co-chair Stuart Applebaum led a delegation to Brazil to support Brazilian brothers and sisters dealing with the implementation of national "right to work" legislation, and to show their solidarity with former Brazilian President and union leader Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva, who was unjustly accused and convicted on corruption charges earlier this year and has been inhibited from campaigning freely as a candidate in the upcoming Brazilian presidential elections.
Executive Council Statement

Defending Democracy in Brazil

The AFL-CIO commits to working with Brazilian union partners and the global labor movement to defend democracy in Brazil and support the country’s return to the progressive course it pursued in the first 15 years of this century.
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Brazil Undermines Labor Laws and Puts Women Workers at Great Risk

Brazil's comprehensive labor laws have long provided a strong institutional framework for unions to defend workers' rights. Changes pushed through congress this July by Brazil's un-elected president and a congress compromised by corruption charges, have greatly undermined the labor laws and will drastically change the legal context in which Brazil's unions work.
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AFL-CIO Stands with Brazilian Workers and Democracy

Over the last few months, right-wing forces in Brazil have seized the opening created by a failing economy and corruption investigations involving all political parties to suspend a democratically elected...