The SP Metro Workers’ Union recommends returning to work after the free turnstile is released

The SP Metro Workers’ Union recommends returning to work after the free turnstile is released


“Our instrument of pressure has changed,” the strike leaders stress




OR The São Paulo Metro Workers Union has advised all Metro employees to return to work, in uniform, after having freed the turnstiles. Serious leaders communicated the measure through social networks around 8 this Thursday 23.

“At that moment, the pressure is the free ratchet. It’s something the union has been proposing since dawn, putting pressure on Metro. Now we conquer, after ‘to knock‘A lot on the subway and people saw that it was harming their lives,’ said one of the leaders.

With the decision, the Union of Metro Workers intends to underline that the purpose of the strike is not to harm people, but to fight for the rights of the category. Since 4:40 in the morning, with the opening of the subways, users have reported having problems getting to work, medical appointments and even school.

The idea is that a new meeting will be held at the end of the day, so that the union can discuss the sequence of negotiations with the metro and with the government of São Paulo. The report asked for a position at the Companhia do Metropolitano do Estado de São Paulo, but received no response until this article was published. The space is still open and will be updated in case of an event.

you understand the strike

From 00:00 on Thursday 23 the strike of the underground workers began with the interruption of lines 1-Blue, 2-Green, 3-Red and 15-Silver (monorail) of the Metropolitan Company of the State of São Paulo (Metro) . .

Metro workers demand an end to government privatization and outsourcing of transportation services; the increase in recruitment through public tenders for new hires to expand the workforce, but also the provision of bonuses in exchange for participation in the Results and Profits (PRL) which, according to the union, would not have been passed on to the workers between 2020 and 2022.

Source: Terra

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