In a meeting held this Tuesday (30), oil workers from Norte Fluminense decided to suspend the strike that had already lasted 16 days and accept Petrobras’ recent counter-proposal regarding the Collective Labor Agreement. The category followed the indication of the end of the strike presented by the Oil Workers Union of Norte Fluminense (Sindipetro-NF), the largest entity representing the category in the country, affiliated to the Single Federation of Oil Workers (FUP).
The maintenance of the state of permanent assembly and the state of strike was also approved during the assembly.aiming to ensure that Petrobras complies with the commitment letters sent to the union. The oil workers also approved the union assistance discount, corresponding to 1% of net salary, to be applied in three installments.
“Best way”
In the opinion of the general coordinator of Sindipetro-NF and director of FUP, Sérgio Borges, the approval of the Collective Labor Agreement and the suspension of the strike, maintaining the state of strike and the permanent assembly, “is the best path at this moment”. “We present the indicative, we vote and the assembly’s decision is sovereign”, he said.
According to Borges, Petrobras’ counterproposal represented important advances. “This strike showed, once again, that organized struggle brings concrete results. The mobilization that began on the 15th guaranteed important advances in the agreement and fundamental commitments of the company with the historic demands of North Fluminense.”
Among the main achievements, highlights include advances in the suppressed slack clause and the guarantee that there will be no punishments, transfers or regime changes for the strikers.
“We also achieved the neutralization of strike days, the payment of disembarkation day as overtime, the creation of the Market Allowance and the complementation of the Travel Allowance”, said the FUP director. “Even with points still open, we came out of this campaign stronger, more organized and with achievements that were only possible thanks to the mobilization of the category”, he added.
For the general coordinator of the FUP, Deyvid Bacelar, the greatest achievement of the strike “was breaking the shield that existed under President Magda’s administration [Chambriard, da Petrobras]in front of President Lula’s government.” “The strength of the strike by the oil industry demonstrated the mobilization and negotiation capacity of the FUP, which guaranteed significant advances for the three axes of our campaign to demand, for the end of the murderous PEDs, for the Collective Labor Agreement and for the agenda for Sovereign Brazil.” PEDs are Deficit Equating Plans referring to the supplementary pension plans of the Petrobras Foundation (Petros), the state-owned company’s pension fund.
Deyvid argued that the oil workers did not get everything they wanted. “Now is the time for the category to regroup because we will have important negotiations in 2026, regarding Profit Sharing and Results [PLR]the new job and salary plan and the negotiation that will be carried out on the killer PEDS at the Federal Court of Auditors.” The PEDs, which seek to balance the actuarial deficit of the oil workers’ pension plan, impose the collection of extraordinary contributions from their participants, with very high values, which penalize the category, explained the general coordinator of the FUP.
Petrobras
So far, 12 unions have already approved Petrobras’ proposal, ending the strike movement in the vast majority of bases, the company said in a statement. During today, other union bases should deliberate on the topic.
In relation to the unions that have not yet approved the agreement, Petrobras filed a lawsuit (collective strike agreement) with the Superior Labor Court (TST) so that the body can mediate the situation. In a preliminary decision, the TST determined that 80% of workers at each Petrobras unit remain in activity and prohibited obstruction of access to operational areas, ports and airports.
According to Petrobras, the stoppages had no impact on production, and supply to the market remains guaranteed, without changes. Contingency teams were mobilized where necessary, the company assured.
Expanded article at 4:13 pm
