Petrobras Oil Workers Approve Nationwide Strike for Dec. 15

Overview

• Assemblies across Brazil approved the walkout to begin at 00:00 Monday after unions deemed the company’s second counterproposal insufficient.
• Unions said they will formally notify Petrobras of the stoppage on Friday, Dec. 12, to comply with legal requirements.
• Key demands include a definitive fix for Petros deficit-equation plans affecting retirees, improvements to career and pay structures, and guarantees of wage recomposition without fiscal adjustment mechanisms.
• Retirees and pensioners plan a vigil at Petrobras headquarters in Rio on Thursday, Dec. 11, alongside meetings in Brasília with government and Quadripartite representatives.
• Petrobras said it remains in talks, presented a new offer on Dec. 9, and will deploy contingency measures; an anonymous company source told Reuters there is no expected risk to operations or production.