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Pronunciamento: Dia do Trabalhador e da Trabalhadora
72 statements · 1 politicians · April 30, 2026 · 7 min
Statements by Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. 72 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Monetary Policy, Gambling Regulation & Family Impact, Women's Rights, Labor Rights.
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My female friends and my male friends, tomorrow, May 1st, is Workers' Day.
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About: reduce indebtedness of Brazilian families
I want to speak to you who work hard five, six, even seven days a week and see the fruits of your labor go to paying your family's debts.
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About: reduce indebtedness of Brazilian families
We find indebted Brazilians across the country.
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About: reduce indebtedness of Brazilian families
Household debt grew for years and now is suffocating a part of Brazilian society.
About: implement a debt renegotiation program for indebted families
Therefore, next Monday we will launch the new Desenrola Brasil, a set of measures to help resolve the financial lives of indebted families.
About: implement a debt renegotiation program for indebted families
Workers — women and men — will be able to negotiate debts from credit cards, overdrafts, revolving credit, personal loans and even FIEF.
About: implement a debt renegotiation program for indebted families
Indebted Brazilians will have lower interest rates of at most R$ 1.99 and discounts of 30% to 90% on the amount of the debt.
About: implement a debt renegotiation program for indebted families
Thus, you will have a much smaller installment and more time to pay your debt.
About: allow withdrawals of up to 20% of the FGTS balance
And each person will be able to withdraw up to 20% of the balance of the Guarantee Fund for Length of Service.
About: block access to online betting platforms for those joining the renegotiation program
Now, what cannot happen is renegotiating the debt and continuing to lose money by betting on MET.
About: block access to online betting platforms for those joining the renegotiation program
Therefore, those who join the new Desenrola Brasil will be blocked for one year.
About: block access to online betting platforms for those joining the renegotiation program
on all online betting platforms.
About: adopt measures to protect women from debt caused by others' betting
It is not fair that women have to work even harder to pay for their husbands' gambling debts.
About: regulate online betting platforms
It was not our government that allowed the betting companies to enter Brazil, but it is our government that will put a limit on the destruction they have been causing.
My female friends and my male friends.
May 1st is a date that honors the struggle of women and men around the world for better working conditions.
And this year, here in Brazil, it has a special meaning, because this April we took a historic step for our country.
About: adopt a 40-hour workweek with appropriate pay for hours worked
I submitted to the National Congress a bill to reduce the workweek, which will be a maximum of 40 hours per week, with two days off per week.
About: adopt a 40-hour workweek with appropriate pay for hours worked
without any reduction in salary.
About: adopt a 40-hour workweek with appropriate pay for hours worked
It makes no sense that, in the 21st century, with all technological advancement, millions of Brazilians have to work six days a week to rest just one day.
For women, the situation is much more difficult.
About: adopt a 40-hour workweek with appropriate pay for hours worked
They arrive tired from work and, in most cases, still have to take care of the home and the children.
About: adopt a 40-hour workweek with appropriate pay for hours worked
The end of the 6x1 schedule will ensure more time with the family.
About: adopt a 40-hour workweek with appropriate pay for hours worked
More time to watch their children grow, study, take care of their health, go to church and live beyond work.
More time to rest, because I know how tired Brazilian workers are.
I know very well that all workers' rights were won through great struggle.
The Brazilian elite has always been against improvements for workers.
The minimum wage, paid vacation, the 13th salary.
The people upstairs said that each of these achievements would bankrupt Brazil.
And Brazil never went bankrupt for giving rights to workers.
It always became stronger.
Because every time workers' lives improve, the wheel of the economy turns more strongly and everyone ends up winning.
About: adopt a 40-hour workweek with appropriate pay for hours worked
That is what will happen with the end of the 6x1 schedule in Brazil.
My female friends and my male friends.
Countries around the world are feeling the effects of the Middle East war.
Oil has become more expensive and this has been putting pressure on fuel prices across the planet.
When fuel prices rise, the cost of transportation increases, the price of food goes up and the cost of living becomes more expensive for the people.
About: implement price controls during periods of high inflation
But our government acted quickly.
About: reduce taxes on fuels
With great effort, we removed taxes on fuels.
About: implement price controls during periods of high inflation
We took a series of urgent measures to contain price increases, guarantee supply and alleviate the burden of the war on Brazilian families.
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