The threat of suspension of public servants for salary readjustment; listen to podcast

Federal servants organize a national mobilization this Tuesday (18) to ask for a general salary readjustment. The dissatisfaction began after the Jair Bolsonaro administration pressured Congress to set aside R$ 1.7 billion from the Budget to increase the salary of only federal police officers, who are part of the president’s base.

The protests include a threat of shutdown and are joined by a wide range of careers. There is movement at the base of the civil service and the elite — with groups that have strong power of pressure, such as tax auditors, Central Bank employees and diplomats.

If there is no opening of negotiations, the movement can evolve into a strike – and what was a nod to an allied category can turn into a more serious crisis, causing political damage to Bolsonaro in an election year.

This Tuesday’s Breakfast (18) talks with Idiana Tomazelli, a reporter for leaf in Brasília, which explains Bolsonaro’s political calculations to decide on the increases and what might happen if this movement spreads.

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Café da Manhã is published from Monday to Friday, always at the beginning of the day. The episode is presented by journalists Bruno Boghossian and Maurício Meireles, with production by Jéssica Maes, Laila Mouallem and Natália Silva. Sound editing is by Thomé Granemann.