The Correios management filed a collective bargaining dispute request with the Superior Labor Court to declare the workers' strike as abusive and order the continuity of services urgently. The strike began on Thursday evening due to the lack of agreement on salary adjustments.
Since the TST had already been attempting to mediate the agreement between the parties without success, the salary increase and social clauses will be arbitrated by the court. The state-owned company fears that the strike may affect service quality and the company's plans.
In the midst of negotiations with a group of banks to obtain a R$ 7 billion loan, Correios reinforced operations to maintain services nationwide and reduce the impact of the strike. The loan is part of the state-owned company's restructuring process and is expected to have Treasury guarantee.
According to the state-owned company, the service network remains open to the public during the strike period.
