Incoming Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro could face his first stern test in January after a court ruling suspended fines for firms that paid drivers less than the minimum trucking freight rates (MTFRs). In response, drivers blockaded the access road to the port of Santos and the highway between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro for six hours. Union leaders warned of possible further action. The strike was triggered by an order from Brazil’s Supreme Court on Friday ordering companies to pay more than $US1 million ($A1.27 million) in back wages to about 20,000 workers who had
Incoming Brazilian President Jair Messias Bolsonaro could face his first stern test in January after a court ruling suspended fines for firms that paid drivers less than the minimum trucking freight rates (MTFRs). In response, drivers blockaded the access road to the port of Santos and the highway between São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro for six hours. Union leaders warned of possible further action. The Brazil Supreme Court will examine whether MTFRs, created to end paralysing strikes earlier this year, are constitutional or if they contravene free market principles.