By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/06/2026Lula's party has just scored a massive, national political victory by tabling legislation to establish a five-day workweek. 8/ 1230
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/06/2026While Brazil's professional/managerial class enjoy a two-day weekend, the working poor of the nation are prisoners of the *escala 6×1* system, which sees them working six days per week. 9/ 1211
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/06/2026It's a hangover from the era of Brazil's fascist dictatorship, which (nominally) ended in 1988, but whose legacy still haunts the Brazilian people. 10/ 1170
