Em vez de fazer greve devemos protestar

Li este artigo recentemente e compartilho com todos.

Em tempos de pleno emprego no Brasil deveríamos nos preocupar em coisas que possam realmente trazer ganhos a longo prazo e não imediatistas.

Por outro lado também concordo que os bancos ganham MUITO dinheiro no Brasil, mas este foi o modelo de capitalismo que em algum momento da história escolheram para nós.

Talvez por isto em vez de greve deveríamos nos mobilizar por:

- diminução dos gastos do governo,
- contra a corrupção que está instalada em todos os escaloes nas esferas federal, estadual e municipal,
- reformas trabalhista, judiciaria e principalmente a fiscal,
- dimuição da inflação,
- melhores portos e aeroportos,
- menores taxas de juros,
- EDUCAÇÃO,
- SAÚDE,
- etc..

Temos muito que reinvidicar... ao invés de simplesmente comentar com nossos colegas e pessoas próximas.


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Brazil’s bank workers strike back
September 28, 2011 9:25 pm by Samantha Pearson
http://blogs.ft.com/beyond-brics/2011/09/28/brazils-bank-workers-strike-back/


What do you get if you mix record low unemployment, a booming economy, and above target inflation? The answer in Brazil’s case, it seems, is strikes.

Bank employees walked off the job on Tuesday, joining the country’s postal workers, who went on strike two weeks earlier.

About 20 per cent of Brazil’s bank branches were closed for business on Wednesday, according to local media. “I was going to write a letter to my bank complaining about the strike, but then I remembered that the postal service was also on strike,” wrote one Brazilian Twitter user.

Other industries, such as aeroplane and car parts production, have also ground to a halt over recent weeks while workers try to negotiate big pay rises.

Bank workers, for example, are asking for a 12.8 per cent wage increase, while the banks are only offering 8 per cent. This might seem like a lot, but when inflation is currently running above 7 per cent, can you really blame them?

On Monday, a key weekly survey showed that local economists now believe the central bank will not even be able to bring inflation within the official target range (2.5 to 6.5 per cent) by the end of the year.

The answer to all this, however, is depressingly familiar.

What bank workers should really be calling out for is lower government spending, increased efficiency, and tax reforms. Only then, will Brazil be able to bring down inflation without resorting to economy-distorting, sky-high interest rates.

However, the chances of them getting that in the near future — especially with spending on the World Cup and the Olympics already spiralling out of control — is about as likely as a 13 per cent pay rise.