Brazil: Oil Workers Strike in Defense of Petrobras

Brazil’s United Federation of Oil Workers announced that it will be joining an indefinite strike launched by other unions last week to defend the state-controlled Petrobras. The largest oil workers union in the country said they will join the strike in response to efforts by right-wing politicians to privatize the state-owned oil company. The union also opposes any changes in Brazilian laws that could allow other companies to explore for underwater oil. teleSUR