CUT wins election for Petrobras Board.
Deyvid Bacelar, president of the Bahia Oil Workers Union (Sindipetro), will be the new representative of the state-owned company's employees on the Petrobras Board of Directors; he defeated, in the second round, systems analyst Silvio Sinedino, director of the Association of Petrobras Engineers (Aepet).
247 - The president of the Bahia Oil Workers Union (Sindipetro), Deyvid Bacelar, will be the new representative of Petrobras employees on the state-owned company's Board of Directors. Sindipetro is affiliated with CUT, the Unified Workers' Central.
In the second round, he defeated systems analyst Silvio Sinedino, director of the Association of Petrobras Engineers (Aepet), who until then was the workers' representative on the Council.
In the first round, held in January, Deyvid, who has the support of the Unified Federation of Oil Workers (FUP), received 2.300 votes, while Silvio obtained 1.333. In total, 11.103 workers participated in the election.
In the election that approved President Dilma Rousseff's choice of Aldemir Bendine to preside over the company, last Friday the 6th, Sílvio Sinedino was one of the three members who voted against. His vote was justified "by the manner of the nomination without consulting the workers of Petrobras".
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Below is a Reuters report on the subject:
Petrobras employees elect FUP representative, linked to the PT party, to the Board of Directors.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The general coordinator of Sindipetro Bahia, Deyvid Bacelar, supported by the Unified Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP), won the dispute to represent Petrobras employees in 2015 on the Board of Directors (CA), at one of the most delicate moments ever faced by the state-owned oil company.
Bacelar, who has the backing of the largest federation of Petrobras workers, historically linked to the PT (Workers' Party), won the second round of elections against the current board member, Silvio Sinedino, with 6.864 votes, or 57,83 percent. The vote count from the second round, which ended on Sunday, was carried out this Monday.
Sinedino, who is affiliated with the National Federation of Oil Workers (FNP), an entity with fewer affiliated unions than FUP, has demonstrated independence in several episodes, such as at the last board meeting, where he voted against the names proposed by government representatives for the board. He held this important position in 2012 and 2014.
Bacelar, elected for a one-year term, will take office at the first board meeting after his formal election, scheduled to occur at the Petrobras Shareholders' General Meeting, where other company board members will also be chosen.
This is the fourth time an employee has been elected to the board with the role of representing employees. But a FUP representative, in theory, could increase the influence of the Workers' Party government on the board.
Petrobras' board of directors is composed of ten members, seven appointed by the government, one by minority shareholders of common stock, one by preferred shareholders, and one by employees.
In this year's elections, according to Petrobras, 138 candidates competed for the position to represent employees.
During the elections, Bacelar proposed to the employees the creation of a direct communication channel with the category, both in person and through social networks, email and website, as a way to account for their performance on the council.
Furthermore, Bacelar plans to bring to the council demands made by workers regarding health, environment, and safety issues, and to continue working with the National Congress to implement the bill that allows for the extension of the term to two years.
(By Marta Nogueira)