Overview
- The Tribunal Superior do Trabalho judged the dissídio coletivo on Tuesday and ordered the national strike to end with workers returning to agency duties immediately and operations resuming from September 30.
- The court declared the strike legitimate and replaced automatic salary discounts with mandatory compensation of the days not worked to be made up within 180 days.
- The TST fixed economic terms for the period by setting wage and benefit adjustments at full INPC inflation plus 0.6% of real gain for the agreed term.
- Most clauses of the 2024–2026 collective agreement were preserved, including Saúde Caixa rules such as the 3.5% titular contribution and existing contribution limits, while the court recommended forming a technical, parity study group to monitor the plan’s sustainability.
- Caixa’s role in paying social benefits and managing FGTS made service continuity a priority during the stoppage, about 3,000 agencies were affected, digital channels mitigated public impact, and the ruling shifts the Saúde Caixa dispute from a shutdown tactic to ongoing technical negotiation that could affect costs and benefits later.