2 Brazilian labor unions take actions to reject impeachment against President Rousseff

Two of Brazil's labor movements held various actions on Thursday rejecting the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff, according to news magazine, Veja.

Protestors, who represent the Movement of Workers without a Roof (MTST) and the People without Fear Front, seized hundreds of streets in a dozen big cities, including Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia across the country, brandishing signs against Vice President Michel Temer, according to organizers.

Temer is considered by Rousseff loyalists as the leader of the attempts to impeach her, with the matter now being evaluated by the Senate.

"The objective of this mobilization is to denounce the coup happening in the country and to defend the social rights being threatened by the agenda proposed by Michel Temer, if he should assume the presidency," said a MTST source. "We will not accept a coup."

The Unique Central of Workers (CUT) also called for more workers to take to the streets on May 1, with the main protest event set for the center of Sao Paulo, in which Rousseff has been invited to participate.

The Senate's special commission on impeachment began debating the matter on April 25 and will vote on May 6 as to whether to recommend Rousseff's impeachment process be continued or shelved.

If a majority of the Senate votes to move on to a trial, the president will have to step down for up to 180 days, with Temer taking on the interim presidency.

Source: XINHUA