President Lula and Brazil’s 40-Hour Workweek

Tudo bem, Brazil. It was such a pleasure to sit down with

President Lula

when he came to New York City for the UN General Assembly.

We come from the same movement, a movement that believes that

government must serve the working people, not just the wealthy.

A movement that refuses to believe that poverty is inevitable.

Instead, one that knows that it can deliver dignity to the lives

of

working people. And when I look at the example of what Brazil

has just been able to

achieve in cutting the work week from forty-four hours down to forty and

guaranteeing two days of rest without a pay cut, that to

me, is what it looks like to fulfill that very vision.

And we know the struggles that Brazilians face

are the same struggles that New

Yorkers and Americans face. A struggle to win back time,

to win back dignity,

to win back rest into working people's lives.

And it is such a pleasure to know that there are those who

are fighting for that

same vision, whether in Brazil or here in New York City.

Thank you all so much.