This Monday, the 22nd, Globo employees began a silent demonstration called “Movimento Esmeralda”. The movement, made up of artists, journalists, technicians and administrative assistants, originally reported on the Notícias da TV website, takes place in support of engineer Esmeralda Silva (fictitious name), who worked at the company between 2017 and 2018. Globo employees went to I work in green clothes this Monday. Esmeralda was attacked several times by four men during work hours. In a labor lawsuit she filed against Globo for sexual harassment, moral harassment and xenophobia, Esmeralda was awarded 2 million reais in compensation. The broadcaster proposed an agreement that was not accepted and then appealed the case is before the Supreme Labor Court in Brasília.
The articulation of the “Movimento Esmeralda” began a few hours after the broadcast of the report A Globo and sexual harassment published on the Movimento Esmeralda website piaui Friday night. The idea came from the journalist teams and those linked to the Signal Transmission and Reception Center in São Paulo, the sector where Esmeralda worked and suffered the attacks. First, the demonstrators discussed the idea of working in black clothes as a sign of protest this Monday. Since the engineer had chosen the pseudonym “Esmeralda” in the report, it was later decided that the protesters would wear green clothing. Ana Maria Braga and Patrícia Poeta wore green clothes during the broadcast of Mais Você and Encontro. Hora 1 journalist Clara Velasco also wore green clothes on the newscast. There are several other examples of journalists wearing green clothing throughout Monday’s program, both on Globo and GloboNews.
At the beginning of the afternoon, a team of 80 women all dressed in green clothes and holding signs that read “Mexiu com uma, mexei com todos” and “We are all Esmeralda” gathered on a Globo staircase in São Paulo to make one official portrait of the movement. Esmeralda Silva herself, who is from Paraíba, where she currently lives with her parents, was touched and welcomed by what her former colleagues did. “Green gives me hope that one day I can be as happy as I was,” she says. “I hope that women who have experienced harassment will have the courage to seek justice.”
In green, Globo employees demonstrate in front of the train station door in São Paulo photo: reproduction from social networks
This Thursday, the 25th, Esmeralda will testify at a hearing before the 36th Labor Court in Rio de Janeiro in a public civil sexual harassment lawsuit that the Public Labor Department is filing against Globo. The author of the complaint, prosecutor Francisco Carlos da Silva Araújo, linked Esmeralda’s case to that of the complainants in the most widespread harassment case at the channel which involved former humor director Marcius Melhem, who was denounced by several Globo colleagues.
searched by piauiGlobo claims to have knowledge of the “Esmeralda Movement”. Below is the broadcaster’s full statement: “The freedom of expression of the company’s professionals is consistent with our management of transparency and ongoing dialogue. In any case, Globo reiterates that it does not comment on compliance cases and also takes the opportunity to reiterate that the company adheres to a code of ethics, in line with current best practices, which strictly prohibits harassment and is adhered to by all employees must , in all areas of the company. In addition, Globo has an ombudsman who receives all reports of violations of its code of ethics. These are carefully investigated and those responsible for deviations are penalized. In the same code, we commit to confidentiality in relation to all compliance reports, which is why we do not comment on the investigations. Our compliance system also provides full support for whistleblowers and prohibits any form of retaliation for complaints.”