Truck drivers begin strike to pressure for vote on Freight Bill.

Truck drivers began a strike this Monday (13) at distribution ports across the country to pressure the Federal Senate to vote on Provisional Measure No. 1,343, known as the Freight MP, which alters the rules for the minimum freight rate in road transport of cargo. The mobilization was called by the president of Brazilian Association of Motor Vehicle Drivers (Abrava)Wallace Landim. According to him, the category intends to maintain the strike until Tuesday (14), in the expectation that the proposal will be included on the Senate agenda before it loses its validity, scheduled for Thursday (16). "The guidance is that you do not travel from midnight onwards so that we can monitor until Tuesday to see if, in fact, the MP will be put on the agenda for voting," said Landim. According to CNN Brasil's investigation, so far there is no record of significant impacts on traffic. In Santos (SP), the Military Police reported that they are monitoring a peaceful demonstration on Rua Augusta Scaraboto, where about 70 people are participating in the act, without blocking the road or interrupting the circulation of vehicles.

This text was translated by machine from Brazilian Portuguese.