More than ninety days after a working group created by the federal government began meeting to discuss demand-brokered labor rules, representatives of delivery workers, drivers and companies have not reached an agreement on the minimum wage for workers. The next steps towards possible regulation of the sector now depend on a decision by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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This Tuesday (12) representatives of delivery companies and the government met again, but no agreement was reached. “It was agreed to continue bilateral talks with companies to reach an agreement,” the Ministry of Labor and Employment stated on the government’s website.
However, according to the president of the Association of App Drivers and Independent Freight Drivers of Brazil (AMABR), Edgar Francisco da Silva, there was no agreement:
– Nothing is closed with applications. The Ministry will take the entire history of GT during these 90 days to President Lula to see what he decides to do. He says: We are awaiting the outcome of today’s meeting with President Lula.
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This Wednesday (13), in Brasilia, Lula had an agenda during the afternoon with the Minister of the Civic House, Rui Costa, the Minister of Finance, Fernando Haddad, the Minister of Labor and Employment, Luiz Marinho, and the President of CAIXA. , Rita Serrano. Within government, MTE leads the work of the group.
According to the ministry, one regulatory proposal is scheduled to be submitted to Lula in the coming days. In the text, the ministry initially said that the app drivers had “found a common denominator” and that they had created a proposal to be delivered to the government, which was rejected by representatives of the category and companies interviewed for the report. The Ministry later changed the circular.
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The president of the National Federation of App Drivers Unions (Fenasmapp), Leandro Cruz, explained that the proposal has not yet been decided:
– Let’s continue the meetings. They are about to set the date.
The minimum wage is a dead end
The government set September 12 as a deadline to reach an agreement between the platforms and the workers. However, there was no progress in the negotiations. At the end of the month, when the GT period ends, the government may decide to extend the working period for another 150 days or close the group’s activities.
President Lula’s goal was to reach an agreement this week to address this issue during a speech to the UN General Assembly in New York on September 19.
The main impasse, so far, remains the minimum wage for work, which delivery workers and drivers consider insufficient. The companies made two proposals.
Large platforms, such as Uber and iFood, represented by the Brazilian Mobility and Technology Association (Amobitec), propose a minimum payment of R$6.54 for couriers using bicycles, R$12 for motorcyclists, and R$21.22 for drivers’ vehicles.
The Movement for Digital Innovation (MID), which represents Loggi and Rappi, as well as 1,253 small regional companies, proposed a value of at least R$7 for delivery drivers per bike; R$11 for motorcyclists; And R$17 for drivers.
Amobitek said in a statement that the meetings “dealt with complex topics” and that negotiations are continuing.
“More time will be needed for in-depth discussions by the bodies on the proposals, including a detailed analysis of their implications. Amopetic reinforces its interest in continuing cooperation in building a balanced regulatory model, which seeks to expand the scope of social protection for professionals and ensure legal security of activity,” the entity said. In a note.
EXTRA has contacted MID and MTE, who have yet to respond.
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Laborers – Even before GT was created, the Ministry of Labor and Employment announced that it estimated that there would be 3.05 million workers on these platforms in Brazil. One purpose was to create a single category registry to identify workers and develop policies targeting them.
who are they – A study by Cebrap, which analyzed data on rides and deliveries provided by 99, iFood, Uber and Zé Delivery, companies linked to Amobitec, found that the number of people working with the apps is about 1.6 million in Brazil, with 274,281 people. Drivers and 385,742 delivery workers. Almost all of them are male (97% of delivery workers and 95% of drivers). The average age is 33 (delivery drivers) and 39 (drivers). Most had completed high school (60%) and declared themselves of black or mixed race (62% of drivers and 68% of delivery workers).
GT – The working group was established by decree dated May 1. It includes 15 representatives from the government, 15 from employers, and 15 from workers.
Condition – The committee’s work to develop regulations can take place over a period of 150 days, which can be extended for the same period. But the initial goal was to complete the proposal to regulate the work of applications by the beginning of the second half of this year.
other countries – In Spain, regulations obliged app companies to employ workers, previously self-employed, as employees, with the right to paid leave and rest. In the UK, by court decision, a worker’s working time is counted not only when traveling, but from the moment the app is launched and while he or she is available for work. In the state of California in the United States, there has been a law since 2019 requiring the appointment of these workers on the basis of employment.