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Economists and businesspeople are starting to pay close attention – or worry – to the anti-work movement, which appears to have gained momentum in the United States during the pandemic and may be behind the country’s labor shortage. In this video, Mariana Sanches, our correspondent in Washington, explains how the rise in strikes and mass layoffs could result in the creation of a kind of American CLT, a key change in capitalism that serves as a model for the world. This is because hundreds of thousands of people have refused to join the workforce in an attempt to force companies to raise wages and improve working conditions. The mobilization is already threatening the profitability of the most profitable period for the country’s retail sector, which began on Black Friday and runs until Christmas. Check out the video for stories of people who have given up work because of conditions they consider deplorable. Text report: https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/intern... Did you like it? Subscribe to the BBC News Brazil channel! And if you want to read more news, click here: www.bbc.com/portuguese #BBCNewsBrasil #EUA #Trabalho