Company says the demonstrations in front of the headquarters this Thursday (30.jan) blocked the entries; Meeting would deal with changes in the work scale
The (single federation of oil tankers) announced on Thursday (30.jan.2025) that he postponed the meeting on the teleworking scale after sector employees mobilized in an act in Edisen (Senate Building), headquarters of Petrobras. The state of strike was also approved this 5th (30.jan).
The meeting between the federation and company managers would be held at 11am in the building. According to Petrobras, in a letter addressed to FUP, the demonstrations blocked the entrance and the garages, preventing workers from accessing, as well as indirectly affected the Fire Department and the (National Cancer Institute).
FUP claimed that it is “Another attitude of disrespect for unions” and repudiated the measure. Stated that the act was a collective decision “Widely publicized” and approved in the assembly by the workers.
“FUP repudiates the attitude of the company, which should respect the interlocution and collective bargaining and not further increase the impasse that management has created by unilaterally altering the scale of teleworking. In addition, the document sent to FUP, canceling today’s meeting, is against respect for the free right of workers’ organization ”said in one.
The federation also claimed that the demonstration ended at 10 am and denied that it caused damage to the entities pointed out in the letter. In a video posted on Instagram, the director of FUP, Cibele Vieira, said that people knew that it would have a collective act and that the result of the assembly would be valid for everyone.
“Why were these people there tensioning to get in? These are the real culprits for the inconvenience and not those who were democratically exercising the right of free organization of workers to fight a unilateral measure of the company ”he declared.
The assemblies of union movements ended This Thursday (30.jan) The approvals of the state of oil strikesaccording to ads on the networks.
Change in Telework
The Petrobras board reported on January 9 that it intended to increase, in the coming months, from 2 to 3 the presential days of employees in teleworking, except PCDs (people with disabilities) and parents of PCDs. Therefore, the days at home office would go from 3 to 2. The sector in repudiation.
According to FUP, the change was announced without having had “Any negotiation with unions or consultation with the category”. The Federation said it impacts the lives of thousands of oil tankers, “Distructuring families and shaking mental health”. Requires the negotiation of a collective rule for teleworking that guarantees “Predictability, security and transparency”.
