The suppression of the strike based on court decisions continues the long record of the trade union officials in aiding the auto companies in cutting workers’ conditions and jobs.
The PSTU-led union SindMetalSJC has spearheaded a campaign to identify the defense of workers’ wages and rights with the massive arming of the Brazilian state.
Three months after a wildcat strike at one of Latin America’s largest steel mills, the elections reaffirm a deep rejection by the workers of the union bureaucracy.