Brazilian federal staff strike extends affecting airports, ports and foreign trade

Monday, August 13th 2012 - 16:11 UTC

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The Brazilian economy is slowing down and civil servants are threatening to intensify the several weeks strike to protest government policy that they allege is appealing to savings in salaries and working conditions to address the situation. Read full article

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ChrisR
Bit of a strange report this.

The strike is costing USD 6 Million PER DAY! And how many weeks has this been going on for? Call it June and July or 60 days = USD 3.6 Bn!

Less the strikers wages (I do hope that they are not being paid). 350,000 people for 60 days is?

Looks like a close call as being evens. Given that the government does not really want imports but needs to knock a few heads together in the comptroller's dept to ensure exports get out.

You have to ask the obvious question: why should the government settle?
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