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17 September, 2010Autoworkers at Renault and Volvo in Brazil will vote on an offer from automakers that is less than their demands at a union meeting on September 17.
BRAZIL: Union meetings on September 17 will decide the future for 8,000 workers at Renault and Volvo, located in São José dos Pinhais and the industrial city of Curitiba. The meetings could trigger a 48-hour shutdown.
This strike measure will be taken if the workers reject the proposed pay deal from automakers, presented on September 16 during the negotiation meeting with the Metalworkers' Union of Greater Curitiba, a union affiliated to CNTM-Força Sindical, which is one of two Brazilian unions affiliated to the IMF.
The union says that the companies' offer does not reach the demands of workers. The companies have offered a 9 per cent wage increase, plus a bonus payment of R$2,200 (US$1,280) and a floor wage starting in R$1,508 (US$880).
The workers have demanded a 10 per cent wage increase (including replacement of inflation and real growth) and a R$4,200 (US$2,450) bonus and R$1,578 (US$920) increase to the base wage.