Overview
- Tribunal Superior do Trabalho scheduled an extraordinary session for Tuesday, Dec. 30, to judge the collective dispute after failed mediation.
- A final negotiation between Correios and union federations was set for Monday, Dec. 29, as a last attempt to avoid a court ruling.
- The court ordered each unit to maintain at least 80% of staff during the stoppage under a daily fine of R$100,000 for noncompliance and barred obstruction of people or postal cargo.
- Unions rejected a proposal that included a 5.13% pay recomposition from January 2026, INPC-based adjustment from August 2026, and the end of the ‘ponto por exceção,’ and they escalated the strike from the night of Dec. 23.
- Service performance has deteriorated, with on‑time deliveries dropping from 97.7% in January to roughly 76.6% by early December and worsening during the strike, as the financially troubled company reported a R$6.1 billion loss Jan–Sep and a R$12 billion, federally guaranteed loan remains under evaluation.