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09/07/2015
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To complete 75 years of existence in Brazil, the minimum wage recorded the highest purchasing power and can be considered fundamental to reducing inequality in the country. The assessment is the political scientist, historian and professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation Dulce Pandolfi.
She recalled that the minimum wage was established by Law No. 185 of January 1936 and emerged as a social right through the call Vargas. On 1 May 1940, the then president Getulio Vargas set the values that went into effect on July 8 of that year. From there began to be implemented legislation focused on the worker, which resulted in the Consolidation of Labor Laws (CLT), approved in 1943.
"In recent years, the country has registered great progress. In fact, when it comes to social inequality decreased, the main reason is to have a minimum wage with greater purchasing power. The real value of it soared. Of course we still have a low amount, but this is the period with their greater purchasing power, "he said.
Inter-Union Department of Statistics Data and Economic Studies (Dieese) indicate that about 46.7 million Brazilians - among domestic workers, farm workers and beneficiaries of social programs - have the minimum wage as the basic remuneration.
The real increase in the minimum, the past 11 years, according to the Ministry of Labor, was 76.5%. With the value set at R$ 788, as of January 1 this year, the purchasing power is estimated at 2.22 baskets.
"It's the highest annual average since 1979 and sums up the achievements of all Brazilian workers in the last 12 years," he said in a statement, the Minister of Labour, Manoel Dias. "Even before the current economic picture, is good news that deserve to be shown today," he said.
The Secretary-General of the Presidency, Minister Miguel Rossetto, assessed the minimum wage as an extraordinary gain to ensure basic income to workers and retirees. "It's a recognition of the work and the preservation therefore a basic quality of life," he said.
Source: Agency Brazil
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