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Lula campaign sends union guidance less than 30 days before election

From Folha de S.Paulo · () Portuguese

Translated from Portuguese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Lula’s campaign sent unions a guide to obtaining re-election campaign materials on Monday, less than 30 days before the first round.
  • Supporters criticised what they described as disorganisation and insufficient attention to unions.
  • Union representatives said they had received no response to a proposal involving CUT president Sérgio Nobre and complained that campaign activity was more concentrated in Brasília than in 2022.

Lula’s campaign sent trade union centres instructions on how to obtain materials supporting the president’s re-election less than 30 days before the first round of voting. The folder lists collection points for campaign materials in each state.

For Lula supporters, the late guidance showed disorganisation and a lack of attention to the unions. At a meeting of the Trade Union Centres Forum, participants proposed that Sérgio Nobre, president of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores, join the campaign coordination team. Union members said they had still received no response.

They also contrasted the current campaign with the previous election, saying Lula held more meetings in São Paulo in 2022 and involved unions more closely. This time, they complained, activity has been concentrated in Brasília. Lula was not president during the 2022 election and is now dividing his time between campaign events and government duties.

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Originally published by Folha de S.Paulo in Portuguese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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