Caixa Workers Begin National Indefinite Strike and Close Branches Across Brazil

Overview

• Workers at Caixa launched a national, indefinite strike on Thursday, Sept. 10, leading many branches in multiple states to close while ATMs and digital channels remain available.
• The bank says it has reopened dialogue and scheduled new negotiation rounds but unions are holding fresh assemblies before any offer is accepted.
• The dispute centers on Saúde Caixa, a longstanding employee and retiree health plan where proposed changes to funding and copayments raised costs concerns for active staff and pensioners.
• Banco do Brasil is affected unevenly with partial or localized paralyses in regions where unions rejected the Fenaban deal while other BB bases approved the national convention.
• Customers should use apps, internet banking, Banco24Horas, lotéricas and correspondents for transactions and expect in-person service disruptions to continue until unions vote on any new proposal.