The end of the compulsory union contribution is the subject of the 20th filed action in the Supreme Federal Court questioning devices of the law 13.467/2017. For the federation representing urban cleaning and conservation workers (Fenascon), it is unconstitutional to allow each employee to decide whether or not to help the category entity. Fenascon states that, as the Repass is the main revenue of the Brazilian trade union system, removing the main source of costing is the same as removing the powers of the unions, "as impossible to act without resources". The optional contribution is criticized, in all, in 14 processes in progress in the STF, under the rapporteur of Minister Edson Fachin. They all claim that the money has a tax legal nature and therefore could only be modified by means of complementary law. Fenascon also repeats the argument that it is necessary to immediately suspend the effects of the new rules, faced with the risk that "the natural delay of the course of the process" compromises the maintenance of sector entities. Fachin, however, has already decided on other processes that the arguments will be dealt with by the plenary directly on merit.

Click here to read the initial petition. ADI 5,912