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Petrobras Employees File Lawsuit Against Privatizations

Written by Renato Oliveira
Published on 30/08/2019 at 16:38
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A Popular Action Was Filed by Representatives of Union Entities of Petrobras and BR Distribuidora Against Changes to the State Company’s Statute

After Mobilizing With a Historic Strike, Aiming for This Year’s Collective Agreement, Now It Was Time for Oil Workers to Take Action Again. The 3rd Business Court of the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro Received a Popular Action Last Tuesday (08/27) Against the Decision of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Board of Directors of Petrobras, Which Decided on Changes to the Statute, Allowing the Sale of the Company Only With the Approval of the Board of Directors, Aimed, According to the Oil Workers’ Union, at Facilitating the Process of Selling the State’s Subsidiaries.

The Public Action Is Based on the Corporate Law (Law No. 6404/76), Which Requires, in Case of Sale of Controlling Interest of Companies, the Approval of the Shareholders.

The Extraordinary General Assembly of the Board of Directors of Petrobras Approved Changes to the Company’s Statute in April, and Since Then, Union Entities Have Been Mobilizing Against the Measure.

According to Representatives of the Petrobras Workers’ Union and BR Distribuidora, the Day After the Statute Change Approval, the Sale of Eight Refineries of the State Company Was Announced.

According to Aragão Ferraro Advogados, the Legal Advisory Responsible for the Action, the Statute Change Aims to Ensure That “Castello Branco and Petrobras Evade Public and Social Control, and Can Create or Extinguish Subsidiaries More Easily. This Measure Directly Affects the Privatization of the Company, Which Must Create Subsidiaries to Sell, for Example, the Refineries.”

The Action

The Popular Action Was Filed Under Number 0212517-84.2019.8.19.0001 in the 3rd Business Court of the Court of Justice of Rio de Janeiro and Was Filed by the General Coordinator of the Single Federation of Oil Workers (FUP), José Maria Rangel, the General Coordinator of SindipetroNF, Tezeu Bezerra, and the President of the Trade Union of Workers in Commerce of Oil Derivatives in the State of Rio de Janeiro (Sitramico/RJ), Ligia Deslandes.

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Renato Oliveira

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