Dossier on the situation of the Ministry of External Relations’ Locally Hired Employees was hand delivered to the Brazilian Office of the President still in 2013.
In June 2013, the President of AFLEX, Ms. Claudia Siano Rajecki, accompanied by the Association’s legal representative, was received at the Planalto Palace by Mr. José Feijó, one of President Dilma Rousseff’s Special Advisors.
During the meeting, Ms. Rajecki hand delivered a document and voiced her apprehension with the increasing dissatisfaction brewing on Brazilian missions abroad. According to her, the work environment was already extremely degraded and would, certainly, be more pressured with the increase work demand projected due to the World Cup.
The Association not only did not receive a response from the government, but also had some of its directors persecuted.
After the 48 h stoppage on May 13th-14th, AFLEX summoned, as stated on previous communications, its members to return to work, even though a large number of them wanted to remain protesting.
AFLEX’s President, through the Comunicado#1, requests President Dilma and the MRE to open a channel for negotiations.
Press release – May 15th
The protests held by AFLEX, on May 13 and May 14,
paralyzed 13 key posts of the Brazilian diplomatic missions in North America
and Europe, as follows: the Consulate General of Brazil in Atlanta, Brussels,
Frankfurt, Hartford, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Montreal, New York, Paris,
San Francisco, Toronto and the Brazilian Embassy in Bern. There were
demonstrations in several posts, with staff dressed in black, including: the
Brazilian Embassy in Caracas, Rome, Paris, Tokyo, Consulate General of Brazil
in Boston, Geneva, Lisbon, Miami, Milan, Rome, Rotterdam, Washington and
DELBRASONU.
On May 15, local officials returned to their jobs and their normal
activities. We strongly believe that a work stoppage or strike are always the
last resource to be used. In fact, two years ago, AFLEX had expressed concern
regarding the plight of local employees, and last year tried to raise awareness
to MRE and other governmental bodies about the degrading work environment in
several posts abroad, considering also the increased demand for World Cup
Visas. However, these concerns were ignored.
We believe that the critical issues reported by the category through the
Manifesto of AFLEX, available at… (incluir link da página), presented on May 13
in the Senate by Senator Paulo Paim, will reach and attract the concern of
President Dilma Rousseff.
Finally, taking into account that we work for the Ministry of
"Diplomacy”, we appeal for the start of an open negotiation with AFLEX,
and that common sense and dialogue should prevail, thereby avoiding a deadlock.
AFLEX BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Strike in the international media
Strike Hits Brazilian Consulates in US, Europe
Employees at Brazil's consulates began a two-day strike Tuesday that affected visa services in major cities in the United States and Europe just weeks before the World Cup.
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"Some consulates posted a message on their websites saying they were responding only to emergency requests made by Brazilian nationals. Brazil's consulates have been issuing for free a special category of visa for tourists visiting Brazil for soccer's World Cup that begins June 12. Applicants need to have tickets for a match."
http://bigstory.ap.org/
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Employees at Brazil's consulates began a two-day strike Tuesday that affected visa services in major cities in the United States and Europe just weeks before the World Cup.
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"Some consulates posted a message on their websites saying they were responding only to emergency requests made by Brazilian nationals. Brazil's consulates have been issuing for free a special category of visa for tourists visiting Brazil for soccer's World Cup that begins June 12. Applicants need to have tickets for a match."
http://bigstory.ap.org/
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Strike, protests affect services at Brazilian consulates in US, Europe
"Some consulates posted a message on their sites, saying they were only responding to emergency requests made by Brazilian nationals."
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"The local employees in Brazilian diplomatic offices are hoping to pressure the government to increase their wages and compensation."
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"Some consulates posted a message on their sites, saying they were only responding to emergency requests made by Brazilian nationals."
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"The local employees in Brazilian diplomatic offices are hoping to pressure the government to increase their wages and compensation."
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Strike hits Brazilian consulates in U.S., Europe
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SAO PAULO (AP) - Employees of Brazil's consulates have begun a two-day strike affecting visa services in major cities in the United States and Europe, just weeks before the World Cup.
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"Some consulates posted a message on their websites saying they were responding only to emergency requests made by Brazilian nationals. Brazil's consulates have been issuing for free a special category of visa for tourists visiting Brazil for soccer's World Cup that begins June 12. Applicants need to have tickets for a match."
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“[...]"Our demand is simple: They need to replace the lost wages they have not raised in recent years,” Ramos said in an email."
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Strike hits Brazilian consulates in US, Europe
Press Release
Major protests
and 48 hours strike at Brazilian foreign missions in 17 cities on May 13th
and 14th .
Worldwide strike would keep
travelers from obtaining visas and consequently entering Brazil.
Local staff of Brazilian
diplomatic missions in the North America and Europe will begin a strike on May
13th. The strike would affect business and leisure travelers and major
companies with close ties to Brazil.
The movement to close
Brazilian missions around the world will also impact the country’s ability to
process the increasing number of visa requests from travelers going to Brazil
for the 2014 World Cup.
WHAT: Employees
of Brazilian foreign missions will protest and strike for:
- Immediate negotiation with AFLEX (Association of local employees at Brazilian Foreign Missions) for a salary increase that can keep up with inflation for all Missions with salaries frozen from 3 to 8 years, salary review in the countries where current compensation are below the level of services rendered, and creation of clear rules and regulations governing a salary and wage policy.
- Approval of Bill 246/2013, moving through legislative process and voting in the Brazilian National Congress since July 2013, granting levels of hiring compensation that can be fair, just and decent;
- Right to freedom of speech, thought and expression and freedom of peaceful assembly and association, as well as the immediate cessation of persecutions, discrimination, retaliation, harassment and threats of lay-offs to the workforce, and to the leadership of AFLEX, in particular.
WHEN:
Protests,
strike and shutdown will begin on May 13th and last until May 14th.
WHERE:
Consulate-General of New
York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Hartford, London, Paris,
Frankfurt, Toronto, Montreal, Brussels, Bern, Rome, Milan, Rotterdam and
Geneva, and many others pending.
WHO:
Brazilian diplomatic agents find themselves in an unprecedented “legal limbo”
due to complex labor laws pertaining to the profession. It is unclear
which labor laws should be enforced, or which framework is used by Brazilian
diplomatic missions. Currently “the rule of convenience” is being followed.
Whichever set of rules is most beneficial to the employer, those are the ones
imposed. The lack of understanding on both sides has left room for innumerous
abuses at Brazilian diplomatic offices worldwide.
Employee grievances include
the lack of basic employment rights. In addition, consulate agents are required
to work unpaid weekends, while some are given the task of monitoring the
consulate’s 24-hour emergency hotline without pay. Lately, the board of
directors of AFLEX, the employees association in Brazil, has been harassed,
abused, bullied and extremely exposed to an unhealthy workplace environment.
In an effort to seek
protection from wrongful employment practices, hundreds of employees of
Brazilian diplomatic posts around the world have signed a petition addressed to
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff (elected by the Labor Party) asking for
better working conditions and requesting that officials protect the rights of
locally hired staff, but no answer after 3 years. Also, AFLEX sent
innumerous letters to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but nothing has been
done.
“In Brazil we are Brazilian foreigners and here, we are foreign Brazilians”- Claudia Regina Siano Rajecki, President of Aflex, said.
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