Construction companies await exceptions to negotiate with unions about the 6x1 scale

While Constitutional Amendment No. 141/2026 changes the rules of the 6x1 scale, construction companies prefer to wait. According to Exame, the National Heavy Construction Industry Union (Sinicon) advises member companies to postpone collective agreements on the reduction or reorganization of working hours.

The 6x1 scale, which provides six days of work for one day of rest, is at the center of this discussion. The amendment is the basis of the debate and defines the terrain on which the parties will negotiate, which makes it the starting point for any agreement in the sector.

What is at stake is how the journey will be adjusted within each company and at what pace these changes reach construction sites. By advising the postponement, Sinicon signals that it prefers to wait before closing agreements. According to the report, construction companies are awaiting exceptions that will allow them to negotiate with unions.

For the liberal reader, the episode shows how a change in labor rules shifts the conversation to collective bargaining. The discussion about the journey touches on productivity, labor costs and the ability to hire, topics that anyone who follows the economy has reason to observe closely.

What changes for the investor

In the market, the heavy construction sector is sensitive to labor costs and construction deadlines. A postponement of agreements maintains uncertainty about the payroll and the pace of execution until the rules are clear. This type of uncertainty tends to weigh on the visibility of the results, but the real effect depends on the final text of the amendment and the agreements that are signed, and the report does not contain data that allows it to be estimated. It is worth following these two points before drawing conclusions about the sector.

Automatically translated from Portuguese.