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Overview
- Drivers and fare-collectors halted service on Dec. 9 after bus companies delayed legally mandated 13th-salary and meal-benefit payments.
- Mayor Ricardo Nunes said municipal transfers are current and the city filed a police report over the unannounced stoppage.
- Operators committed to pay workers by Dec. 12, and the city will start contract caducity procedures on Dec. 13 for any firm that fails to comply.
- Evening congestion reached a 2025 high of 1,460 km as vehicle-rotation rules were suspended, affecting an estimated 3.3 million passengers and pushing up app-ride prices during heavy rain.
- The union declared the stoppage over and service began to resume, though some garages still saw holdouts as the metro readied contingency steps and at least one firm had already paid staff.