The government of São Paulo informs that an injunction from the Regional Labor Court of the 2nd Region (TRT-2) determined that, during the strike scheduled for this Tuesday (28), the subway must operate during peak hours with at least 80 % of its workforce.
In the case of trains, the minimum required is 85%. The determination applies to the periods from 4am to 10am and 4pm to 9pm on the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) and from 6am to 9am and from 4pm to 6pm on the Metro.
At other times, the injunction determined the operation of 65% on CPTM services and 60% on the Metro. If there is non-compliance, there are daily fines of R$600,000 for the railway unions and R$700,000 for the subway workers’ union.
According to the Secretariat of Metropolitan Transport, “Metrô and CPTM will also call employees by name and individually according to the work schedule and the amount foreseen by the judiciary. In case of non-attendance, companies will take the appropriate legal measures.”
Still according to the ministry, the Court “also expressed its opposition to the release of turnstiles due to the high risk of riots and serious accidents at stations”.
This Monday, governor Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicans) ruled out releasing the turnstiles.
“We cannot control the flow. If an accident happens, we will have failed. If one person ends up on the line, we will have failed. This is the reason why no government has released the turnstile. And we won’t release it either.”
Source: CNN Brasil

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