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202 Contract Workers from Petrobras at Comperj Works Did Not Receive Their Full FGTS and File Class Action Seeking Their Rights
GDK – the company that provided services for Petrobras works at Comperj – filed for bankruptcy, and 202 workers have filed a class action to seek full payment of severance pay. They are awaiting a decision from the courts. Camargo Corrêa Construction has many job openings for civil construction and infrastructure works, today October 26
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The former employees who worked at the Petrochemical Complex of Itaboraí (Comperj) for Petrobras through GDK were dismissed in 2015. According to them, the company only released 40% of the FGTS.
See Below Accounts from Affected Workers to G1
Driver Luís Cláudio Nazario is one of the authors of the class action. “In this lawsuit, we have 202 people with the union. We only received 40% of the guarantee fund that was already deposited. Five years have passed, and still nothing,” he stated.
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Plumber Carlos Henrique de Jesus added that the INSS “declared things that GDK did not deposit.” “It left all of us here wanting,” he said.
Industrial plumber Fabrício Ribeiro has not yet recovered from the losses. “We had to get rid of assets to survive,” he stated.
Truck driver Renan Franco Figueiredo had to drop out of college. “The financial impact was enormous. I had to delay payments on everything, car installments…”, he recalled.
Sanitation worker Venâncio de Souza Serrano said that at the time of dismissal, his wife was pregnant. “We lost health insurance, credit, the car…”, he enumerated.
Jairo Souza dos Santos mentioned that he even found another job. “But I couldn’t sign my work records because they didn’t provide the necessary release.”
Petrochemical Complex of Itaboraí (Comperj)
The promise made 12 years ago was to transform Itaboraí into a major hub for fuels and chemical products, where a refinery with a capacity to process 150,000 barrels of oil would operate.
Currently, Petrobras is investing R$ 4 billion in the area of the old Comperj for the implementation of a project that will enable the transportation of natural gas from the pre-salt. The works are scheduled to begin in 2021.
Defensive of Petrobras
According to Petrobras, the company is up to date with its obligations to all companies contracted for Comperj, and they are responsible for paying the employees.
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