{"id":6650,"date":"2015-06-01T17:09:19","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T23:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lavozlit.com\/?p=6650"},"modified":"2015-06-01T17:09:19","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T23:09:19","slug":"brazil-strikes-and-demonstrations-take-over-the-country-against-dilmas-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/workersvoiceus.org\/es\/2015\/06\/01\/brazil-strikes-and-demonstrations-take-over-the-country-against-dilmas-acts\/","title":{"rendered":"[Brazil Strikes and demonstrations take over the country against Dilma\u2019s Acts"},"content":{"rendered":"

BRAZIL
\nWritten by PSTU – Brasil
\nMonday, 01 June 2015 18:23
\nThe National Day of\u00a0Strikes and Demonstrations, held on May 29,\u00a0counted on a strong support of important workers\u2019 branches and social movements throughout the country.
\nMetalworkers, Teachers, Civil Servants, Bank Workers, Oil workers, among other sectors, as well as students and popular movement activists stopped their activities, shut down streets and highways and protested against the Dilma government\u2019s and National Congress\u2019 measures which take away workers\u2019 rights. They also protested against the fiscal adjustment.
\nThe protest day was defined by the trade union centers CSP-Conlutas, CUT, CTB, UGT and For\u00e7a Sindical, as well as countless social movements and organizations from all over Brazil.
\nCheck it out below about what happened in some states on that day.
\nS\u00c3O PAULO<\/strong>
\nS\u00e3o Paulo (capital)<\/strong>
\nIn the West region, staff, students and teachers from the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) protested at the main entrance of the university. They also temporarily shut the Raposo Tavares Highway, near the site. The police cracked down on the demonstration shooting rubber bullets, tear gas bombs and pepper spray. The Globo TV (the main communication network in the country) recorded the moment when a policeman inside a car, aimed his weapon and shot at the demonstrators, who were already running to escape from the police assault.
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\nDemonstrators also protested at the Marginal Pinheiros Avenue. The unions that participanted were: CSP-Conlutas, CUT, Intersindical, Subway Workers’ Union, the Chemical Workers Union, Apeoesp (S\u00e3o Paulo state teachers union) as well as residents at the Jardim <\/em>Uni\u00e3o<\/em> and\u00a0Terra Prometida<\/em> homeless occupations. The Socorro bridge over the Pinheiros river, in the South Region, was also blocked. The Anhanguera highway was also blocked by protesters and the Bandeiras bridge over the Tiet\u00ea river, at the East Region of the city as well.
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\nIn the afternoon, a teachers’ meeting brought together 5 thousand people and they decided to continue their 8-week strike for pay rise and better working conditions.
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\nPara\u00edba Valley and S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos<\/strong>
\nThe day started out with the adhesion of GM workers. Many of them\u00a0didn’t even go to work. Those who came went back home, starting a 24-hour strike. At Avibras<\/em>, the metalworkers voted for a 24-hour strike and they also shut the Tamoios Highway which connects S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos to the touristic North Coast of S\u00e3o Paulo State.
\nAt Embraer<\/em>, metalworkers and bus drivers carried out a joint mobilization. The drivers who make the transport of Embraer employees imposed a \u2018turtle operation\u2019 \u2013 a purposeful reduction of working\u00a0pace – \u00a0at Faria Lima Avenue, which gives access to the company, and such operation delayed the workers\u2019 entrance for three hours. The metalworkers of TI<\/em> Automotive<\/em> decided on Thursday that there would be no production on May 29. There were protests and workers meetings at MWL and Blue<\/em> Tech<\/em> in Ca\u00e7apava.
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\nS\u00e3o Paulo city industrial belt: ABC<\/strong>
\nMetalworkers from Volks, Ford, Mercedes, among other plants carried out a 24-hour strike. In the seven cities (Santo Andr\u00e9, S\u00e3o Bernardo do Campo, S\u00e3o Caetano, Diadema, Mau\u00e1, Ribeir\u00e3o Pires and Rio Grande da Serra) there was a four-hour strike of bus drivers. Oil workers from the Capuava Refinery (Recap\/ Petrobras) stopped working for two hours.
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\nBaixada Santista (Southern Coast of S\u00e3o Paulo State)<\/strong>
\nThe access to the Port of Santos, between Santos and S\u00e3o Vicente, was blocked early in the morning. The traffic of trucks and passenger vehicles was paralyzed for more than three hours.
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\nCampinas metropolitan region \u2013 S\u00e3o Paulo State<\/strong>
\nThe Paulinia<\/em> Refinery<\/em> (Replan\/ Petrobras) paralyzed work for eight hours. There was also a stoppage at the Dell<\/em>factory in Hortolandia and blocking of highways.
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\nRIO DE JANEIRO<\/strong>
\nIn Rio de Janeiro, a Petrobras workers’ demonstration took part in the morning at downtown, which gathered together permanent and outsourced workers. At Ilha do Governador, the workers of the TABG<\/em> (Waterway Terminal of the Guanabara Bay) joined the National Day of Strikes and Demonstrations approving an eight-hour stoppage. At Cidade Nova, the PSTU and CSP-Conlutas militancy in the Post Office Services of Rio de Janeiro protested against the billionaire leak of US$ 2 billion from the Postalis [1], demonstrating at the CTC (Post Office screen center) of Nova Cidade. Later in the afternoon, it took place a unitary act at Candelaria district.
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\nThe oil workers from the Duque de Caxias<\/em> refinery<\/em> carried out a three-hour stoppage against the outsourcing Bill and the Provisional Acts that withdraw workers\u2019 rights.
\nIn Nova Igua\u00e7u, the Union of commerce workers carried out a picket line on the sidewalk of the city, demanding job stability since last December and no dismissal of any worker. After a lot of pressure, the employer gave in and came to the sidewalk in order to negotiate with the trade union compromising on job stability and paying overtime.
\nFollowing the win, the Trade Union of Nova Igua\u00e7u Commerce workers, the Banking workers Opposition, the Baixada Struggles Forum and the drivers Union Opposition, besides the PSTU, went to the unified demonstration in Rio de Janeiro.
\nIn Niteroi, students and workers of UFF (Fluminense Federal University) on strike carried out a picket line at the campus of Valonguinho and Gragoat\u00e1 that did not work on May 29 and joined to the millions of workers who participated in the National Day of Strikes and Demonstrations.
\nIn Serop\u00e9dica, the workers of the BLS\/BF<\/em> Thermoelectric<\/em> carried out a delay in the entry of the morning shift.
\nIn Caj\u00fa there was leafleting at Inhauma<\/em> shipyard.
\nIn Maca\u00e9, Northern coast of Rio de Janeiro State there was a large demonstration in the Campista Beach with blocking of roads and approval of the strike by oil workers from at least 13 offshore platforms.
\nIn S\u00e3o Gon\u00e7alo, a unified rally brought together activists and trade union leaders at the Rodo Square, downtown.
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\nMINAS GERAIS<\/strong>
\nBelo Horizonte and Contagem<\/strong>
\nSubway Workers of Belo Horizonte and Contagem and transport workers of Barreiros and Diamante stations held a stoppage. In the afternoon, there was a unified demonstration in downtown Belo Horizonte.
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\nCongonhas \u2013 Minas Gerais State<\/strong>
\nThe highway BR 040, in the city entrance was blocked. The protest affected all mining companies in the region because the Highway is the access of buses driving workers to their workplaces. At 7:30, there was already a 20-kilometer traffic jam.
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\nPAR\u00c1<\/strong>
\nBel\u00e9m<\/strong>
\nThe civil construction workers stopped the construction sites and walked by the city streets chanting watchwords.
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\nCEAR\u00c1<\/strong>
\nFortaleza<\/strong>
\nThe bus drivers and civil construction workers stopped. In addition to the national agenda, the two sectors are fighting for pay rise. The civil construction workers struck for 24 hours. Workers rallied from different parts of the city towards the Portugal Square to hold a meeting. The bus drivers carried out stoppages for a few hours in seven bus stations. Some stations had a 100% stoppage and others worked in a slow pace (the so-called turtle operation).
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\nSERGIPE<\/strong>
\nWorkers paralyzed a textile factory at Nossa Senhora do Socorro neighborhood. The strike was coordinated by the Sinditextil, affiliated to CUT. Oil workers paralyzed the Nitrogen Fertilizer Factory (Fafen \/ Petrobras). In addition to the common agenda of the National Strikes and Demonstrations Day, they incorporated the claim for a 100% state-owned Petrobras under workers’ control. There was also a strike at Votorantim <\/em>(cement producer). A demonstration also blocked the important Augusto Montenegro Avenue.
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\nRIO GRANDE DO SUL<\/strong>
\nPorto Alegre<\/strong> and Metropolitan Region<\/strong>
\nTransport on trains was completely paralyzed. Bus drivers also stopped and were harassed by the Military Brigade Commander. He said that if the protesters did not leave the front gates of the bus garage of the company Carris, “someone would die.<\/em>” Municipal civil servants on strike for their own demands also participated in this National Day.
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\nPERNAMBUCO<\/strong>
\nBus drivers and subway workers sat back. The Conde da Boa Vista Avenue, one of the most important of the capital Recife, was completely empty that morning. The Suape dockers also sat back.
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\nIn Suape, the dockers sat back and faced a harsh repression from the police. The workers carried out a protest march on the highway PE-09 to the point known as Curva<\/em> do Boi<\/em>. The traffic stood still in both directions of Via Portu\u00e1ria.
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\nBAHIA\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe CSP-Conlutas took part in the road blocking in Cama\u00e7ari, where it was also held a demonstration and a leafleting at the factories. There were also roadblocks in Feira de Santa and Cruz das Almas. In Lauro Freitas there was a demonstration where it was present the municipal teachers on strike, and other sectors of the municipal public service.
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\nRIO GRANDE DO NORTE<\/strong>
\nNatal<\/strong>
\nIn the capital Natal a unified meeting brought together hundreds of workers in downtown. The protest was concentrated near the Viaduto do<\/em> Baldo<\/em> and blocked the Rio Branco Avenue. From there, the activists continued in protest march up to Sete<\/em> de Setembro<\/em> Square, in front of the City Hall.
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\nNotes:
\n[1] – PORTALIS \u2013 Pension fund of the Brazilian Mail Company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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