Unions of the largest employee bases at the state-owned company approved a strike at local assemblies held this Tuesday (Dec 16)
Workers’ unions of some of the largest employee bases of the state-owned company approved this Tuesday (Dec 16, 2025) a general strike for an indefinite period. The strike came into effect at 10pm.
Strikes were approved in Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Ceará and Paraíba, with the approval of the respective local union leaderships. In São Paulo, workers approved the strike against the guidance of the São Paulo union management.
The bases in Vale do Paraíba (SP), Campinas (SP), Santos (SP) and Londrina (PR) also declared a strike this Tuesday.
The strikes were announced by the unions after each base held a local assembly. Postal workers associations across the country have already during the last two weeks there were indications of a strike after union representations failed to reach a consensus with the state-owned company on the new ACT (collective labor agreement).
Another 12 unions decided to maintain the state of strike – an alert that indicates that workers are mobilized and preparing for a strike: Amazonas, Bahia, Distrito Federal, Maranhão, Pará, Piauí, Rio Grande do Norte, Mato Grosso do Sul, Roraima, Santa Maria (RS) Juiz de Fora (MG), Bauru (SP).
Correios employees charge the company’s management for adjustments and an end-of-year benefit known as “peru voucher”. They also complain that there was no adjustment proposal based on inflation. They claim not to be guilty of that the company is going through and that they cannot be sacrificed for it.
Workers want to maintain benefits such as an additional 70% vacation, 200% payment on weekends and the granting of a R$2,500 turkey voucher. Correios argues that the state-owned company’s situation does not allow it.
Since last Thursday (Dec 11), the TST (Superior Labor Court) has been conducting mediation meetings with union representatives and management of the state-owned company.
There were 2 meetings last week, one on Monday (Dec 15) and two other meetings this Tuesday (Dec 16), when the Post Office proposed an inflation adjustment and gave in to other demands, but without payment of the turkey voucher. The proposal was not accepted by the unions.
The disagreement has been going on since July, when the current ACT, negotiated by the previous board of the state-owned company, won. The current agreement has been extended since then.
Correios has extended the ACT at a time when the company’s financial situation is worsening. The state-owned company, which had a loss of R$6.1 billion in the year to September, tried to close a loan of R$20 billion from banks and guaranteed by the National Treasury. The operation by the body.
Now, a R$12 billion loan proposal is being analyzed by the Ministry of Finance, which will be included in the state-owned company’s restructuring plan.
