Fortaleza Teachers Stage Final-Day March in 72-Hour Strike

Overview

• Public workers rallied Thursday from Praça da Imprensa toward the Ceará state assembly, with traffic blocked on Desembargador Moreira and city agents directing vehicles.
• Sindiute’s 72-hour stoppage began October 7, suspending classes across the municipal network, with closures observed at schools in Vila União.
• The city’s education department says roughly 235,000 students are affected and directed schools to remain open during the three-day action.
• City officials cite a 6.27% pay adjustment retroactive to January and expanded time-in-service progressions benefiting about 7,500 staff, alongside other investments.
• The union frames the PEC as stripping hard-won guarantees and couples the national fight with local demands, with its leader saying an open-ended strike is not ruled out.