Brazil in the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA): The COVID-19 economic crisis and the possible new Labour Reforms

• Authors: Antonio Rodrigues de Freitas Júnior , Victor Raduan da Silva

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Brazil in the ILO Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA): The COVID-19 economic crisis and the possible new Labour Reforms[Brazylia w Komitecie Wolności Zrzeszania się MOP (CFA):Kryzys gospodarczy związany z COVID-19 i możliwe nowe reformy rynku pracy]

Abstracts

PL

W 2018 r. Komitet ds. Wolności Związkowej (CFA) Międzynarodowej Organizacji Pracy (MOP) opublikował sprawozdanie roczne przedstawiające zagadkowy scenariusz: około 50% skarg – 1681 z 3336 – przedstawionych Komitetowi od momentu jego utworzenia pochodziło z Ameryki Łacińskiej. Jeśli przeanalizujemy ostatnie 10 lat – tj. okres od 2008 do 2018 r. – odkryjemy jeszcze bardziej zdumiewającą sytuację: około 67% skarg – 477 z 708 – pochodziło z Ameryki Łacińskiej. Ta obecność Ameryki Łacińskiej w CFA może ulec dalszemu wzrostowi z powodu pandemii COVID-19, ponieważ pogorszenie koniunktury gospodarczej często wpływa na prawa pracownicze. Nawiasem mówiąc, to właśnie podczas kryzysu gospodarczego w Brazylii uchwalono reformę pracy z 2017 r. – symbolizowaną przez ustawę nr 13 467/2017, obowiązującą od listopada tego roku – przebudowującą niektóre filary prawa pracy w tym kraju. Na stronie internetowej MOP Normlex zauważamy, że trzy brazylijskie skargi zostały wysłane do CFA po listopadzie 2017 r.: są to sprawy nr 3327, 3344 i 3355. Uwidaczniają one, jak wolność zrzeszania się była ostatnio traktowana w różnych sektorach gospodarki. Mogą one stanowić przesłankę do reform rynku pracy w trakcie i po kryzysie gospodarczym związanym z COVID-19. W niniejszym artykule wykorzystano metody obserwacyjne i analityczne do omówienia wspomnianych trzech przypadków. Rozważa się, czy i w jaki sposób podstawowe modyfikacje reformy prawa pracy w Brazylii z 2017 r. łączą się z debatami wokół wybranych spraw rozpatrywanych przez CFA. W podsumowaniu autorzy pytają o kolejne reformy.

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In 2018, the Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) released its Annual Report showing a puzzling scenario: around 50% of the complaints – 1,681 out of 3,336 – presented before the Committee since its creation have come from Latin America. If we analyse the last 10 years – i.e. from 2008 to 2018 – we find out a more astonishing situation: around 67% of the complaints – 477 out of 708 – came from Latin America. This Latin-American presence in the CFA may become even greater due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as economic downturns often impact labour rights. By the way, it was during an economic crisis in Brazil that the 2017 Labour Reform – symbolized by Law No. 13,467/2017, in force since November that year – was passed, remodelling some of the Labour Law pillars in the country. On the ILO Normlex website, we notice that three Brazilian complaints were sent to the CFA after November 2017: Cases No. 3327, 3344, and 3355. They may show us how freedom of association has been recently treated in diverse economic sectors, as well as sow the seeds of Labour Reforms amid/after the COVID-19 economic crisis. This article utilizes observational/exploratory methods to analyse these three cases, pointing out if/how the core modifications of the 2017 Labour Reform in Brazil connect with the debates in the selected CFA Cases. All in all, what about next Reforms?

Keywords

PL

Międzynarodowa Organizacja Pracy; wolność zrzeszania się; kryzys gospodarczy; reforma rynku pracy; pandemia COVID-19

EN

International Labour Organization; freedom of association; economic crisis; Labour Reform; COVID-19 pandemic

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Śląski
• Journal: Z Problematyki Prawa Pracy i Polityki Socjalnej
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 1-14

Dates

published

2022

Contributors

author

Antonio Rodrigues de Freitas Júnior

• University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

• https://orcid.org/000000024006627X

author

Victor Raduan da Silva

• University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

• https://orcid.org/0000000201135324

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Identifiers

DOI

10.31261/zpppips.2022.20.08

Biblioteka Nauki

4301421