New Truckers’ Strike May Happen on November 1 If Federal Government Does Not Meet New Demands from the Category.

Entities Representing Truck Drivers Gave A 15-Day Deadline For The Federal Government To Meet Requirements. If The Demands Are Not Met, A New Strike By Truck Drivers Will Occur On November 1.

Last Saturday (16), entities representing truck drivers met and gave a 15-day deadline for the Federal Government to meet the demands of the category. If they are not met, drivers plan to strike again starting on November 1. Among the demands requested by the entities are the establishment and enforcement of a minimum freight rate, review of Petrobras’ pricing policy, and reduction of diesel prices.

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1 Million Drivers Will Participate In The Possible Truck Drivers’ Strike Next Month

The meeting was attended by the National Confederation of Transport Workers and Logistics (CNTTL), the National Council of Road Cargo Transport (CNTRC), and the Brazilian Association of Automotive Vehicle Drivers (Abrava). The entities are linked to independent truck drivers who were part of the truck drivers’ strike in 2018.

According to the director of CNTTL, Carlos Alberto Litti Dahmer, the Federal Government had a 3-year deadline to facilitate and improve the lives of independent truck drivers, and nothing was fulfilled. Another 15 days will be granted for the agenda, which is known to the Federal Government and the Minister of Infrastructure, Tarcísio de Freitas, to be effectively applied to drivers; otherwise, there will be another truck drivers’ strike.

Also according to Litti, sector professionals are facing unprecedented difficulties and emphasized that the situation has been worsening over the past three years, following the new administration of the Federal Government under Jair Bolsonaro. The call for the “entities’ strike” involves approximately 1 million truck drivers. Additionally, society will also participate.

Check The Demands Requested By Truck Drivers To Prevent The Strike.

The entities released the list of demands for the truck drivers’ strike to be suspended. Check it out:

• Constitutionality of the Minimum Freight Rate;
• Review of Petrobras’ pricing policy;
• Reduction of diesel prices;
• Approval of the Regulatory Framework of Road Cargo Transport;
• Changes to the proposal for voting in transit in the Senate;
• Reinstatement of Special Retirement after 25 years of contributions to the National Social Security Institute (INSS);
• Improvement and creation of rest points for drivers.

Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Fuel.

Coordination with the Federal Government will be made by the president of the Mixed Parliamentary Front of Independent and Celetist Truck Drivers and also federal deputy, Nereu Crispim (PSL-RS). The group consists of 22 senators and 273 federal deputies.

At the end of last month, the group released a document requesting the creation of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry on Fuel (CPI). The request came right after Petrobras announced an increase of approximately 9% in diesel at the refineries.

According to the Front, in the document released, it is necessary to urgently uncover the “secret” of the unrestrained increases in cooking gas and fuel prices. The fact is that there is a solution for balancing prices, but there is a lack of coherent management. If the state-owned company used the international parity price, refineries would be operating at full capacity and such imports would not be utilized.