O street sweeper is the professional responsible for cleaning squares, streets and urban areas. Also known as garbage collector or street sweeper, the profession is undervalued in Brazil.
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Garbage collection is the responsibility of the city halls and, therefore, the salary varies a lot. In some poorer municipalities, a street sweeper earns less than the minimum wage.
However, in the Federal Senate there is a bill that provides for the implementation of a national floor of R$ 1,200 per month for workers in all Brazilian cities who carry out activities in the collection of trash.
In São Paulo, the street sweeper's average salary is slightly higher than in other cities in the country. In the state, the street sweeper's base salary is around R$ 1,000 a month.
In Rio de Janeiro, after a strike that lasted more than a month, street sweepers' wages were fixed at BRL 1,100.
In both Brazilian states, garbage collectors receive unhealthy work additional, equivalent to 30% of gross salary.
Currently, the federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25, about BRL 22 per hour. At least 20 American states have a higher floor, an average of $10 per hour, which results in an average of BRL 30 per hour worked in the week.
In most selection processes and public tenders for Gari, it is required that the candidate be 18 years old by the last day of registration, and it is necessary to have completed the first 5 grades of elementary school, to have completed up to the 5th year.
Gari's profession is one of the basic activities necessary for cities, as it prevents the accumulation of garbage in the streets and consequently the clogging of sewers, the main cause of flooding in the counties.
According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), Brazilians produce more than 230,000 tons of garbage per year. day, and, in their daily work, the professional sweeper is an important agent in the fight against diseases transmitted by rats, cockroaches and mosquitoes.
Such an important profession should be more valued by Brazilian society and well paid by governments.
The bill (PL) pending in the Senate determines that street sweepers' working hours cannot be exceed 36 hours a week, subject to the provisions defined in collective agreements of the categories.
With the approval of the text, the Gari's unhealthy work additional must be paid in "maximum degree" and wages will be corrected annually, in the month of January, by the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) or by a higher percentage, defined in agreement collective.
The PL also provides that to be a street sweeper, the person must have completed elementary school and will be hired preferably through a public tender, or, in the case of outsourcing the collection service trash.
