Minister to attend PT meeting on PEC to end 6x1 work schedule

June 08, 2026

Reported by AI

José Guimarães will join a PT Senate caucus meeting on Tuesday to set strategies for advancing a proposal to end the 6x1 work schedule.

Institutional Relations Minister José Guimarães will take part on Tuesday (9) in a meeting of the PT Senate caucus. The aim is to outline strategies on the processing of the PEC that ends the 6x1 scale and to counter opposition arguments. The Brazilian Confederation of Commercial and Business Associations released a manifesto in support of Senator Rogério Marinho’s alternative PEC that provides for payment by the hour worked. The CACB document states that real life does not fit into a closed box and defends workers’ freedom of choice.

Protesters marching in São Paulo against 6x1 work schedule on Avenida Paulista.

Protesters march in São Paulo against 6x1 work schedule

May 25, 2026 Reported by AI Image generated by AI

Protesters gathered on Avenida Paulista on Monday (25) to demand an end to the 6x1 work schedule and a reduction in the weekly workload from 44 to 40 hours without pay cuts.

Senators introduce PEC 12/2026 after approval of end to 6x1 work schedule

On May 28, 2026, 41 senators led by Rogério Marinho introduced PEC 12/2026, one day after the Chamber of Deputies approved ending the 6x1 work schedule.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sent a bill to Congress on the night of April 14 with constitutional urgency to end the 6x1 work scale and reduce the workweek to 40 hours. Lula stated it returns time to workers for family and leisure. The text will be protocolled in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday (April 15).

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