Brazil: São Paulo subway and sanitation workers go on strike
The unions of the Metro, Railways and Sabesp services began a unified 24-hour strike on Tuesday to protest against concessions, subcontracting and privatization of the three companies. teleSUR
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00:00 In Brazil, on Tuesday, October 3rd, a joint strike of subway workers, sanitation workers,
00:05 and university workers and students is taking place in Sao Paulo.
00:09 This strike responds to the plan of measures of the extreme right-wing governor of Sao
00:13 Paulo, Tarcísio de Freitas, who intends to massively privatize essential public enterprises
00:18 by 2025.
00:19 These privatizations mean for deepening of the precariousness of essential public services,
00:24 with the excuse of greater efficiency.
00:27 In response, the subway workers, the professors and students of the University of Sao Paulo
00:32 and the workers of the sanitation company began a joint strike on Tuesday, restarting
00:36 force in the morning.