Check out the updates on the case of app drivers and delivery people. See what should happen.
Delivery app workers have decided to extend the national strike scheduled for Monday of this week. The talks took place on Friday. Consultations are currently ongoing between workers, companies and drivers in a working group created to discuss regulations for this category. The demonstration has been scheduled for the 29th.
It was agreed that the working group has until today to define the regulations for passenger transport applications, with tomorrow being the deadline for concluding discussions on delivery drivers. Understand the case better below.
Working Group
The Working Group stated that “the proposal of R$ 17 per real hour of work, presented directly to the government by the companies, does not take into account the time available and, absurdly, leaves us in a worse situation than the terms we agreed upon”.
As a result, companies, workers and governments failed to reach an agreement last week. The remaining issues include social security premiums, calculation of working hours and hourly pay. That said, the companies’ offer is to pay R$12 per hour, while the workers’ union is asking for R$15 per hour. Negotiations on how to calculate these hours have not progressed. On the one hand, delivery drivers claim to be “logged in” at all times and therefore should be paid (they can be contacted via app or cell phone), while the companies only want their actual travel hours to be counted.
The issue of social security remains undefined, while both groups hope that the Brazilian government define how they should contribute. Negotiations have stalled due to uncertainty over delivery drivers’ contributions and transportation claims, according to people who have been following the talks. The government says companies will pay 20% and delivery drivers will pay 11%, bringing the grand total to 31%. Sources say the basis for this calculation represents 70% of a worker’s net income.
What the platforms say
Nadia Marucci, policy director at the Movement for Digital Innovation (MID), which represents digital companies, said there are three things she sees as essential to coordinating the negotiations: health and safety and transparency.
Marucci said all platforms should have minimum employment requirements so that employees have access to support in the event of an accident during their daily work. In addition to social security, the MID representative also spoke about the need for transparency and blocking rules so that platforms can announce in advance the dismissal of delivery workers or changes to the company's contractual terms. The director said that social security coverage based on the minimum wage could be paid, to ensure standardization.
Worker's view
The final proposal did not please the delivery workers, but was accepted by the app drivers. Especially the proposed minimum wage. Canindé Pegado, general secretary of the General Union of Workers (UGT), said that the delivery workers want the minimum that guarantees the survival of human dignity and decent work. “I do not believe that the app companies are seeing this as a business vision, but they need to take measures to guarantee a minimum quality of life for professionals”, he stated.
Canindé also criticized social security and wage issues. He said that companies do not care about the safety of their workers. Union leaders praised the mobilization that took place during the rally in front of the MTE, where motorcycle couriers from all over the country fought to guarantee minimum rights for workers. In addition to their demands and needs.
