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
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 22/06/2026Lula's 40-hour workweek is *incredibly* popular. So popular that Bolsonaro's party whipped its members to vote for it, because they fear that to do otherwise would hand an even bigger majority to Lula, who might go on to give workers a *four-day* work-week: prospect.org/2026/06/22/l... 11/prospect.orgLula Sees Boosts as He Pushes to Reduce Brazilian Workweek - The American ProspectThe Brazilian presidential election was close until Lula demanded that workers get a full weekend. A financial scandal has also sunk his opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro. 1251
