Tag: Sao Paulo metro workers

• Tuesday, June 10th 2014 - 07:57 UTC

  Relief: Sao Paulo subway workers reach a tentative deal and suspend the strike

  

  Subway workers have suspended a strike that crippled traffic in Brazil's biggest city, but warned they could resume their walkout on Thursday, when Sao Paulo hosts the first game of the soccer World Cup.

• Saturday, June 7th 2014 - 04:58 UTC

  Transport chaos in Sao Paulo following second day running of metro strike

  

  Police in Brazil have used tear gas to break up protesters on the second day of a metro strike that has left Sao Paulo's transport in chaos. Nearly half of the stations were closed and there was gridlock on the streets of Brazil's largest city, which will host the opening match of the World Cup next Thursday.