Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's Impeachment = Complete Reversal of Democracy

[Coyotl]

5. Expect strikes to completely halt the country. The workers will not go to work.

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A few elitists can't make a country function, only the workers have that power.

Brazil Workers March Against 'Coup' Govt for Jobs and Rights
16 August 2016

Labor unions in Brazil are considering a national general strike to amplify demands for the installed government to stop attacking worker rights.

Brazil’s largest labor unions took to the streets in major cities across the country Tuesday to demand more jobs and stronger workers’ protections as conservative legislators prepare to permanently remove the moderate President Dilma Rousseff from office and deepen punishing austerity policies.

The action disrupted the workdays at banks, factories and offices nationwide as workers articulated a comprehensive list of several demands in the face of government plans to “flexibilize” the country’s labor force. Those plans were introduced by a cabal of right-wing lawmakers who forced Rousseff from office on allegations that she spent public money to influence her 2014 re-election. Both Rousseff and the international community have condemned her ouster as a coup, but legislators insist on continuing with the effort, a vote on whether to permanently remove her from office is scheduled for later this month, just as the 2016 Olympic Games are concluding.

“We will resist, we are going to fight to stop increased exploitation and withdrawal of rights,” said CUT National President Vagner Freitas in a statement, adding that Tuesday’s national action is the first warning of a possible general strike. .........