The unions comply with the judicial decision and end the postal strike | economy

According to the federation, unions that are still in assembly, such as those of Paraná and Bahia, must follow Fentect’s guidelines to resume their activities.

You notice me The entity states that the TST decision -which approved an adjustment of 2.6% for workers- does not include the category and that it will appeal.

“We will always believe in the fight and we will see what the legal remedy is for us. We have lost this battle, but many will still come. There are many challenges ahead, such as not letting the company be sold,” said José Rivaldo da Silva, secretary. by Fentect.

Also on Tuesday, the Post Office reported, in a note, that most of the employees who had joined the strike returned to work, corresponding to 92.7% of the state’s workers.

• The union must maintain the strike at the post office despite the readjustment; the category meets this Tuesday
• After the strike: TST approves a 2.6% readjustment and workers must return this Tuesday

In Monday’s decision, the TST said the strike was not abusive. With that, half of the strike days will be deducted from the employees’ salary. The other half must be compensated.

The rapporteur of the process, Minister Kátia Arruda, voted against declaring the strike as abusive, which would result in a 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.

Collective agreement clauses

According to Fentect, the strike was triggered after the workers were surprised by the revocation of the current Collective Agreement, which 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 bargaining agreement for 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.

“The Post and Telegraph Company understood that there should be no benefit to workers, who are the largest capital they have,” he continued.

In a note, the Correios specified that, since July, they sought to negotiate the terms of the collective agreement “in an effort to strengthen the company’s finances and preserve its sustainability.”

“It became clear that it is essential that agreements of this nature reflect the context in which they are produced and comply with the law,” the company said.

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