Today, Brazil’s truckers have threatened to down tools in a strike which could cause nationwide chaos. Depleted oxygen stocks have driven the city of Manaus to another coronavirus collapse. Asset management firms cash in during 2020.
Disgruntled truckers threaten new strike
If a second coronavirus wave, a bungled vaccination effort, and an imminent rise in poverty levels weren’t enough on President Jair Bolsonaro’s plate, he has just been given another bomb to defuse: the possibility of a truck drivers’ strike in February.
- Brasília correspondent Renato Alves reports that roughly 50 union leaders met online to discuss how to put pressure on the government against the so-called “New Sea Law” (which aims at facilitating waterborne transportation), the country’s current fuel pricing policy, and calls for raising minimum rates for cargo transport.
- A strike was called for February 1 as a way to back the government into a corner and force negotiations. “So far, we have been ignored — that’s why we will go on strike,” said Plínio Dias, president of the National Cargo Transportation Council (CNTRC), in a video to fellow truckers.
What they are saying. “[Diesel prices] are the main issue, as it accounts for nearly 60 percent of our...