The
latest Ipsos Institute poll released this Thursday reveals that 93
percent of Brazilians reject Temer's presidency.
Friday will
mark another general strike in Brazil against labor and pension
reform proposed by Senate-imposed president Michel Temer.
Labor
reforms proposed by Temer include the elimination of payment for
workers' commute from their contracts, a reduction in employer
compensation for abuse and allowing employers to reduce workers'
salaries while increasing their work hours.
While
Temer's vision of new labor laws would increase work hours, his
radical proposal for pension reform would scrap the average
retirement age of 54, making it mandatory that women retire at 62 and
men at 65.
He's also
proposing a 20-year freeze on public spending.
Enmeshed in
a series of political corruption scandals and the general belief that
his rise to the presidency was occasioned by a parliamentary coup
orchestrated against democratically elected Dilma Rousseff, Temer's
proposals aimed at stripping worker's rights and pensions are finding
stiff opposition nationwide.
The latest
Ipsos Institute poll, released this Thursday, reveals that 93 percent
of Brazilians reject Temer's presidency. It's precisely for this
reason that a general strike is scheduled the following day to avert
reforms that would drastically undermine workers' rights and social
security.
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