Tag: Petrobras workers' union

• Friday, November 6th 2015 - 14:16 UTC

  Petrobras strike strong support fuelled by resistance to sale of assets and cutting investments

  

  Brazilian union leaders say stronger than expected support for a strike at Petrobras is due to growing worker opposition to a creeping privatization of the state oil company. The strike, which began on Sunday, has become the biggest stoppage in two decades at Petrobras and shows workers back union efforts to renationalize the company and cut foreign participation in the oil industry, union leaders say.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2015 - 09:58 UTC

  Brazil oil workers stage national strike and stopped operations at 22 rigs

  

  Oil workers staging a national strike in Brazil said on Monday they had stopped all operations at 22 of state-controlled oil giant Petrobras's 44 rigs in the Campos basin, an offshore area that accounts for about 80% of the country's oil output. Oil workers declared a strike on Sunday.

• Wednesday, September 2nd 2015 - 08:06 UTC

  Petrobras union announces an 'open-end' strike to protest investment cuts

  

  Brazil's largest oil workers' union advised Petrobras that it plans to begin an open-ended strike against the state-run oil company starting at midnight (0300 GMT) on Friday. The strike is in protest at a recent cut of about 40% in investments by Petrobras and the planned sale of about $15.1 billion of assets, the union, known as FUP, said in a statement on Tuesday.