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Oil Workers Approve Strike in Favor of Lula: Shutdown Could Affect Oil and Gas Activities

Written by Paulo Nogueira
Published on 06/04/2018 at 17:59
Updated on 06/04/2018 at 18:11
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It Has Not Yet Been Defined by the Union Whether the Strike Will Interrupt Operational Activities in the Campos or Santos Basin

The coordinator of the Unique Federation of Petroleum Workers (FUP), José Maria Rangel, called yesterday (Thursday-5), the petroleum category for assemblies on Friday, 06, in the morning, to deliberate on the possibility of a national strike against the political imprisonment of former president Lula. “The gravity of the moment demands tough decisions. Therefore, we are advising all oil workers and union leaders to be at the units tomorrow morning holding assemblies to deliberate on a possible strike, should the imprisonment of former president Lula occur,” says the FUP coordinator.

“We cannot accept that the best president in the history of this country, the president who took Petrobrás to a level never seen before in the history of this company, discovering the pre-salt, reactivating the shipbuilding industry, generating jobs, income, and technology for the country, be imprisoned based on conjectures,” emphasizes José Maria Rangel, advising workers who are off duty to seek the nearest Petrobrás System units and join the assemblies.

Petroleum Workers Approve Strike Indication

In an assembly held on the morning of this Friday (6), the petroleum workers of the Duque de Caixas Refinery (REDUC), in Rio de Janeiro, unanimously approved the indication for a national strike of the category in support of President Lula and in defense of democracy and workers.

The leadership of the FUP met in São Bernardo do Campo and agreed with other leaders of the union and social movements in the country to hold a large general strike in defense of Lula and the Democratic Rule of Law. It is not known whether offshore operations spread across Brazil will be affected as a result of this strike.

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Paulo Nogueira

Graduated in Electrical Engineering from one of the country's technical education institutions, the Instituto Federal Fluminense - IFF (formerly CEFET), he worked for several years in the offshore oil and gas, energy, and construction sectors. Today, with over 8,000 publications in online magazines and blogs on the energy sector, the focus is to provide real-time information on the Brazilian job market, macro and microeconomics, and entrepreneurship. For questions, suggestions, and corrections, please contact us at informe@clickpetroleoegas.com.br. Please note that we do not accept resumes at this contact.

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