As was already being speculated by the category, truck drivers carry out stoppages in at least two states on Monday morning (10). The protests are a response to the decision of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) minister, Luiz Fux, who ruled suspension of fines on non-compliance with the freight table, one of the major claims of the category during the May strike.
The drivers blocked the Presidente Dutra highway in Rio de Janeiro and also access to the Port of Santos in São Paulo.
Last week, the Brazilian Association of Truck Drivers (Abcam) issued a statement criticizing the minister’s decision. “We believe that the minister’s decision hampered the dialogue that was being maintained with the Government and especially with the category that has sometimes remained dissatisfied with the absence of the Public Power in the monitoring of compliance with the law that establishes the mandatory minimum table freight in road freight transport “.
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The organization also said that it is against a new strike. However, he stressed that, faced with the decision of the STF, “the situation is unsustainable and does not know until when it will be possible to contain the category and avoid a new standstill”.
This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.