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São Paulo CPTM strike ends as workers accept job‑guarantee deal

Rail workers at the Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) began a strike on 4 August 2026, halting service on lines 11‑Coral, 12‑Safira and 13‑Jade. The walkout disrupted about one million commuters and generated roughly 750 km of traffic congestion across São Paulo, with the worst jams in the south zone.

Governor Tarcísio de Freitas proposed a state law guaranteeing the jobs of CPTM employees on the privatized lines. The Justice of Labor suggested an agreement based on that proposal. In an extraordinary union assembly on 5 August, workers voted 131‑26 to end the strike, and the government sent the draft law to the state legislature. After the agreement, CPTM restored full service on the three lines and cancelled the emergency Paese bus plan that had provided 128 buses as a temporary alternative.

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CPTM railway workers union · Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) · Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) · Governor Tarcísio de Freitas · Manuel Cerqueira · Michael Cerqueira · Paese bus contingency plan · STEFZCB (Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Empresas Ferroviárias da Zona Central do · STEFZCB (Union of Railway Workers) · STEFZCB (railway workers union) · STEFZCB – Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Empresas Ferroviárias da Zona Central · Sindicato dos Trabalhadores em Empresas Ferroviárias da Zona Central do Brasil

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