Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) warns: Coronavirus outbreak explodes at Petrobras, and workers threaten strike over better working conditions.
The Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) fears a reaction from workers, who are talking about a health strike. According to agents, the situation could cause "negative impacts on the autonomous transport and industrial sectors, which are already very sensitive in this time of crisis."
247 - The Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) informed Jair Bolsonaro's government about the increase in coronavirus cases among Petrobras workers and the possibility of them reacting with a strike for better working conditions, according to reports. report from the newspaper Estado de S. PauloAccording to Abin, the situation could cause shortages of gasoline and LPG, and generate "negative impacts on the autonomous transport and industrial sectors, which are already very sensitive during this time of crisis."
The alert obtained by the newspaper is about 950 pages long and compiles data from April 27 to May 13. The agents report that, in nine days, the number of infected people doubled, reaching 872 on May 4, most of them in Rio de Janeiro.
According to union leaders, the situation has worsened since May, and they are seriously considering organizing a "health strike" for better working conditions. "We have been warning since March that a health strike is indeed possible, due to the working conditions. It is leading to an increase in contamination and deaths," said Deyvid Bacelar, director of the Unified Federation of Oil Workers (FUP).
The state-owned company, citing confidentiality, does not disclose the number of employees who have died from Covid-19 and, since May 11, has only reported cases of permanent employees, not including outsourced workers and service providers.