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Weekly Report - 23 April 2015 (WR-15-16)

BRAZIL: Weak PT defeated again over outsourcing law

There was another reminder of the weakness of the ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) this week. On 22 April, the federal lower chamber of congress approved, on its second reading, a bill that would allow Brazilian companies to outsource potentially all of their activities, despite a concerted campaign by the PT and its union allies, the Central Unica dos Trabalhadores (CUT), to stop its progress. It now goes to the senate for approval, where it may meet stiffer opposition. Should it pass, however, President Dilma Rousseff will be under severe pressure to veto the bill.

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