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JBS closes plants in Brazil

Meatpacking workers block road

and step up mobilizations

 

 

Last Friday, September 9, the workers of the transnational meatpacking company JBS-Friboi cut off the national highway that connects the state of São Paulo with the state of Mato Grosso do Sul in protest of the closure of a plant in the São Paulo locality of Presidente Epitácio.

 

The roadblock at that particular point was symbolic as there is a “fiscal war” being waged in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul that benefits investment companies with significant tax exemptions and is an incentive for companies to relocate there.

 

Sirel spoke with Carlúcio Gomes da Rocha and Melquíades de Araújo, respectively presidents of the Union of Food Industry Workers of Presidente Prudente and the Federation of Food Industry Workers of São Paulo.

 

According to Carlúcio, the September 9 mobilization was a success: “We cut off the highway, which was quite busy that day with people returning home after the September 7 national holiday. The goal of our march was to let the company and the authorities know that we’re not taking this lying down, and that, together with the Federation and our trade union, we’re going to do everything within our power to get JBS-Friboi to go back on its decision to close down the Presidente Epitácio plant.”

 

For his part, Araújo, who has been accompanying the workers throughout this process and was one of the speakers at the rally, said, “We’ve scheduled a meeting with the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) to request that it do something about this situation, considering that it owns almost a third of JBS’ stock.”

 

“The closure of the Presidente Epitácio meatpacking plant will be devastating for the local community, as it is practically the only source of employment. Closing this plant is like closing down the entire city,” the FETIASP president said.

 

For Carlúcio Gomes, “At the meeting with BNDES the participation of the Federation, the National Confederation of Food and Agroindustry Workers (CNTA) and a large group of federal congresspersons that are accompany us will be key.”

 

“We’ll meet in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, September 13, always with the aim of reverting this situation, hoping that the government will act in accordance to the social policies promoted by the BNDES.”

 

From Montevideo, Amalia Antúnez

Rel-UITA

September 12, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

  

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