After the strike: TST approves a 2.6% readjustment and workers should return this Tuesday | economy

The majority of the court decided that the strike, which began on August 17, it was not abusive. With that, half of the strike days will be deducted from the employees’ salary. The other half must be compensated.

If employees do not return to their jobs, the category is subject to a daily fine of R $ 100,000.

Rapporteur of the process in the TST, Minister Kátia Arruda voted against declaring the strike as abusive, which would lead to the total discount of the hours not worked.

The magistrate said that the strike was the only solution found by the workers, given that the company had practically eliminated all the acquired rights of the category.

“This is the first time we have judged a matter in which a company eliminates practically all the rights of the employees,” he said.

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Collective agreement clauses

According to the National Federation of Postal and Allied Business Workers, the strike was triggered after the workers were surprised by the revocation of the current Collective Agreement that would be in force until 2021.

In August, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) confirmed the decision of the then President of the Court, Dias Toffoli, and suspended 70 of the 79 clauses of the collective agreement postal workers.

The suspension request was made by the Post Office. The company argued that it could not maintain high expenses and that it would need “to discuss benefits that were granted on other occasions and that do not correspond to the current reality of the market.”

The collective agreement had been extended until the end of 2021 by decision of the TST in October last year.

In view of the agreement, the TST decided to maintain the nine clauses offered by Correios during the salary negotiation – which include the offer of health insurance and food subsidies – and another 20 social clauses, which do not represent extra costs for Correios.

The other 50 clauses of the old collective agreement were canceled.

In the session, Kátia Arruda refuted Correio’s arguments about financial problems and pointed out that the state-owned company posted profits in the first half. According to the minister, the company has also benefited from the Covid-19 pandemic, which has caused an increase in demand for deliveries.

The minister also said that Correos showed “absolute resistance” during the negotiations of the current collective agreement. “In my opinion, there was no collective bargaining, because in my opinion there was no assignment from Correios to partially address the claims of the category,” he said.