Unions representing Brazilian oil workers held a 24-hour job action Thursday on offshore-drilling platforms owned by state-run oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR).
Unions representing Brazilian oil workers held a 24-hour job action
Thursday on offshore-drilling platforms owned by state-run oil giant Petroleo
Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR).
In a statement, the National Oil Workers Federation said workers on 33 of the
39 offshore platforms in the huge
Campos
Basin
near
Rio
de Janeiro
were taking part in the job action. Workers on the
platforms will perform only essential services throughout Thursday. Normal
activities will resume Friday, the federation said.
Workers are protesting changes in calculation and payment of overtime. Thursday's
job action was designed as a "warning" to Petrobras, the federation
said. No further job actions are currently scheduled.
In its own statement, Petrobras said it was "taking all steps necessary to
assure normal operations and no interruption in supplies of [fuel and other]
products to the public." Through a spokeswoman, the company declined to
comment on the specific issue of overtime pay.
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