New Truckers’ Strike May Be Coming Due To Rising Fuel Prices

Truck Drivers Organize A Possible New Strike Due To The Rise In Fuel Prices At Various Brazilian Gas Stations In Less Than A Week

Petrobras decided to raise fuel prices again, six days after announcing another increase, truck drivers are expected to announce a new strike and claim that “this conduct clearly shows that the current president of Petrobras, Roberto Castello Branco, is challenging the President of the Republic and the government, when he does not comply with what is needed for the market: predictability.”

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Truck Drivers Point Out “Insensitivity” On The Part Of The Current President Of Petrobras

“Truck drivers are not a problem for Petrobras,” said Castello Branco. The new increase is the sixth of the year for gasoline and the fifth for diesel fuel. With today’s adjustments, the price of gasoline has already accumulated a rise of 54% this year, and diesel, 41.6%.

CNTRC Will Decide On A New Truck Drivers’ Strike Due To High Fuel Prices

The National Council of Cargo Road Transport informs that in a virtual meeting on March 26 and 27, the possibility of a new truck drivers’ strike will be discussed. The President of CNTRC, Plinio Dias (photo on the left), says that the agenda of demands has not changed.

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The main point is the successive increase in diesel prices and the lack of predictability. This is not the first time a threat of a truck drivers’ strike has emerged in the country this year. A strike scheduled for February 1st had the support of CNTRC. However, the movement became politicized and ultimately did not take place. Since March 1st, the federal government has suspended the collection of PIS and COFINS on distributors.

Leaders Do Not Rule Out A New Truck Drivers’ Strike Due To Fuel Price Increases

Other leaders also do not rule out a new truck drivers’ strike. This is the case of Wallace Landin. He is the president of the Brazilian Association of Autonomous Vehicle Drivers (Abrava): “As the government has addressed some of the class’s demands, the strike movement has lost some of its strength, but with this new increase…”

In addition, the Bolsonaro government also exempted cargo tires from import taxes. In the same vein, it will loosen weight regulations for trucks on the roads. As well as having drafted a bill that provides for the MEI for truck drivers.

The oil workers, through the Unique Federation of Oil Workers, which gathers unions of oil workers throughout Brazil, also expressed their views after a new increase imposed by Petrobras. The general coordinator of FUP, Deyvid Bacelar, harshly criticized the new fuel price increases. For him, it is necessary to immediately abolish the Import Parity Price (IPP) policy that the company applies, which considers the price of oil and the dollar but ignores the national production costs of the derivatives:

“It is urgent and necessary to end this pricing policy from Petrobras, which greatly impacts the Brazilian worker. And if the sale of the refineries goes ahead, it will be the definitive establishment of this pricing policy that only looks abroad to set prices for fuels produced in Brazil, by Brazilian refineries, from Petrobras. Whoever buys these assets will be able to charge whatever price they want, and will obviously only be guided by international values. That is why we always warn that the consumer’s wallet will hurt even more.”