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Almost half of the rural population lives on less than USD 2.80 a day
The unemployment rate for women increased from 5.7% to 7.4% between 2019 and 2020
In one year, more than 650,000 people lost their jobs; index would recover in four years, according to experts
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Cleaners strike in Rio de Janeiro turns the city into a dump

Posted On 06 Mar 2014

Since last Saturday thousands of urban sanitation workers in Rio de Janeiro are demanding better wages, compensation for the extra work of carnival and more support from the union.

The strike, which has lasted for five days, has transformed the Brazilian city into a stinking dump with tons of waste that accumulates in streets and downtown roads from the wealthiest sectors to the poorest districts of the city.

Following an agreement reached last Monday which raises the wages of the nearly 15,000 workers that clean the city by 9%, “the vast majority” of cleaners “showed up to work, but they could not do anything because strikers prevented them,” said the urban cleaning company Comlurb.

Piles of garbage in Rio de Janeiro's beaches.

Piles of garbage in Rio de Janeiro’s beaches.

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