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Marina Silva’s Running Mate Organizes Union Meetings to Mobilize Support for Former Environment Minister

From Folha de S.Paulo · () Portuguese

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  • Antonio Neto, a labor leader and substitute candidate on Marina Silva’s Senate ticket, plans 10 regional meetings with union and popular-movement leaders.
  • The meetings aim to coordinate support for candidates who back labor priorities, including Marina Silva.
  • The first meeting took place in Campinas, while Silva plans to meet unions separately in a discussion focused on workers’ demands.

Antonio Neto is turning Marina Silva’s Senate campaign into a project for organizing the labor movement, with 10 regional meetings planned across the state.

Neto, a union leader from the PDT, serves as a substitute candidate on Silva’s ticket. He is also president of the Central dos Sindicatos Brasileiros. His plan is to bring together union officials and representatives of popular movements in what he describes as a large plenary for the movement.

The meetings will focus on the elections and on coordinating support for candidates committed to the labor agenda. Marina Silva, a former environment minister and Senate candidate, is one of those candidates.

The first meeting took place in Campinas on Thursday. Silva is scheduled to meet unions separately on Monday in an informal discussion centered on the issues defended by workers.

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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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