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Cattle Disease Brings Dismissals and Unscheduled Vacations in Brazil |
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Written by Keite Camacho
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Thursday, 03 November 2005 |
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Força Sindical, the second largest union group in Brazil, during a meeting with the Brazilian Minister of Labor, Luiz Marinho, on Tuesday, November 1st, expressed concern with the collective vacations and employment terminations due to the cattle disease.
Those actions were taken after cases of foot and mouth disease (FMD) were found in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and dozens of countries decided to ban importation of Brazilian meat.
Union leaders want to negotiate a solution for the crisis with governors, the federal government and the legislative power. Among proposed alternatives, there is the reduction of meat prices to stimulate consumption, as well as the reduction of taxes for the sector.
Led by Paulo Pereira da Silva, Força Sindical asked the Minister to arrange meetings with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Minister of Finance, Antonio Palocci, Minister of Planning, Paulo Bernardo, the Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies and Federal Senate, as well as with workers and entrepreneurs to try to find a solution for the problem.
The meat sector employs approximately a million workers direct or indirectly. Silva added that the meat from Mato Grosso do Sul has been banned not only abroad, but also by other Brazilian states such as São Paulo and Paraná.
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...meat prices should be dictated by FREE markets...simply such as....demand and offer !!!! No doubt that your local prices went already down....if not controlled !!!!! That is good for....consumers and lower inflation !!!!!
...reducing your formidable high tax rate......but permanently....would seem the most logical to be even more competitive when foreign markets will open again. This is also good for job creation, consumers and....again......inflation !!!!
The highest productivity at the lower cost possible....is what free market is.
You wont buy a computer for US$ 1000.- when you could buy the same for 800.- or less. But one would sell many times 800 $ computers than similar 1000 $ computers....if same quality !!!!!!!!
Taxes are a must.....but too high taxes are destructive !!!!!
Same for....agriculture !!!!!!