Refinery workers decide to continue strike.
The approximately 30 workers at the Abreu e Lima Refinery and Petroquímica Suape, in the Suape Industrial and Port Complex, Metropolitan Region of Recife, decided, in an assembly held this Monday (11), to maintain the strike that began last Thursday (7); the workers did not accept the counter-proposal made by the employers, which included an 8% salary readjustment and an increase of R$ 20,00 in the value of the basic food basket; the workers are demanding a 13% salary increase and that the value of the basic food basket be readjusted from the current R$ 310,00 to R$ 408,00, in addition to the payment of the 30% hazard pay for all employees.
Pernambuco 247 - The approximately 30 workers at the Abreu e Lima Refinery and Petroquímica Suape, in the Suape Industrial and Port Complex, Metropolitan Region of Recife, decided, in an assembly held this Monday (11), to maintain the strike that began last Thursday (7).
According to the Union of Workers in the Road Construction, Paving and Earthmoving Industries in the State of Pernambuco (Sintepav-PE), the workers did not accept the counter-proposal made by the employers, which included an 8% salary increase and a R$ 20,00 increase in the value of the basic food basket.
The workers are demanding a 13% salary increase and an adjustment to the value of the basic food basket from the current R$ 310,00 to R$ 408,00, in addition to a 30% hazard pay bonus for all employees. They also want the inclusion of a R$ 50,00 cultural voucher.
Fearing that picketing could lead to acts of violence and vandalism, as well as the paralysis of other activities at the complex, the court ruled that strikers may not picket or attempt to prevent employees from accessing their workplaces.
The decision was handed down by Judge Evandro Euler Dias of the 1st Labor Court of Ipojuca, who accepted a lawsuit filed by Petrobras alleging the possibility of problems at its facilities and with employee access due to the strike.