Iran lost to Brazil 3-0 in the final match of the 2025 Copa Intercontinental de Seleções on Sunday
Felipe Valério and Neguinho (two goals) scored for Brazil in this match
Afghanistan defeated Greenland 6-4 in the bronze medal match
Vahid Shamsaei’s team started the tournament losing to Brazil 5-2 but defeated Greenland 11-2 and Afghanistan 4-3 in its following matches
The competition was held at the Ginasio De Esportes e Lazer Max Rosenmann in Sao Jose dos Pinhais (State of Parana) in Brazil from March 5 to 9
Some 5,000 Renault workers at the Ayrton Senna Industrial Complex (CAS) in São José dos Pinhais
are continuing their struggle in defiance of the union’s attempts to end the movement with a defeat
Workers voted for a new 24-hour strike on June 11
just a week after the Metalworkers Union of Greater Curitiba (SMC) ended a 29-day strike
SMC president Sérgio Butka said that the end of the strike was “a vote of confidence by the workers in the company,” which “committed itself to presenting a new proposal within 72 hours.”
The workers’ primary demand is the hiring of 300 workers to keep up with the intense pace of the production line
but this was again rejected by a mass assembly
The workers had demonstrated dissatisfaction and anger with conditions at the company during the strike
They rejected the company’s proposal three times in a row
the movement is also demanding R$30,000 (US$5,600) in profit sharing (PS) and a 6.8 percent pay rise
compared to the R$25,000 (US$4,700) PS and just over a 4 percent pay rise offered by Renault
Being overworked on the production line has caused workers to fall ill systematically
According to union data published on the Legislative Assembly of Paraná website
a thousand workers are currently on leave from the factory due to repetitive strain injuries
evidence of the current intensity of work “is the worker engagement rate on the production line
the worker has only 5 percent time to take a ‘breath.’”
The daily Bem Paraná reported that workers cannot leave the production line even for bathroom breaks
there are reports of workers having to wait up to 40 minutes to use the bathroom.”
With a daily output of around 800 vehicles
the plant stopped producing 15,545 vehicles during the strike
The movement also affected the Horse engine plant in the same complex as Renault
which has around 600 workers producing 900 engines daily
Renault/Horse had cut their pay and had the support of the capitalist courts
In the first decision of the Regional Labor Court
Judge Marco Antonio Vianna Mansur ordered an immediate return to work
stating that there was a “clear appearance of an abusive work stoppage” and imposing a daily fine of R$30,000 (US$5,600) on the union if it failed to comply with the decision
the Court increased the fine to R$100,000 (US$18,700)
The suspension of this fine was the union’s great “victory.” In ending the 29-day strike
the SMC claimed that the company “accepted the proposal to suspend the court injunction against the strike movement.”
The Renault plant in São José dos Pinhais currently has around 5,000 workers, 3,500 of whom are production staff and 1,500 management staff. That’s 2,000 fewer workers than in 2020 when a strike brought the plant to a standstill
the workers were mobilizing against a mass layoff by the company
the workers told the WSWS that they were falling ill because of the intensity of the production line
They also denounced the company for trying to take advantage of the pandemic to “discard” employees with illnesses or injuries acquired at work
The strike lasted for 20 days and even faced police repression
The movement ended with the union agreeing to reinstate some of the 747 dismissed workers on the condition that others would give up their jobs through a Voluntary Dismissal Plan
The current condition of a reduced and over-exploited workforce is the product of a series of defeats led by the union
has revealed himself in recent years to be an essential player for capitalist interests in the region
The role played by Butka and the SMC was exposed in a statement by the president of Renault in Brazil in December of last year when the company announced R$2 billion (US$370,000) in investments at the plant for the production of a “completely new” C-SUV with a hybrid engine
the conditions granted by the state of Paraná and the current collective agreement with the Metalworkers Union of the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba (SMC)
Butka is the president of the Metalworkers Federation of Paraná (Fetim) and of the Força Sindical in Paraná
Força Sindical is the country’s second largest trade union federation
While having around 1,700 affiliated unions
its job is to keep workers divided in each of these unions
blocking the unification of their struggles nationally and internationally
Renault is a French company with plants worldwide and is part of an international race for profits amid a restructuring of the auto industry with a focus on electric and hybrid vehicles. This restructuring has been carried out through a jobs bloodbath internationally
It is in this context that the struggle of the workers at Renault in Brazil has unfolded
The movement for more jobs at Renault cannot be taken forward by Butka and the SMC
This movement requires the political independence of the workers from the union bureaucracies and the capitalist state
which addresses workers in other factories not only in Brazil but around the world
The German automaker will invest 2 billion reais ($595 million) to construct the T-Cross at its Sao Jose dos Pinhais plant in Brazil
This move is just part of a wider 7 billion reais ($2.1 billion) investment through 2020 to refresh its line-up in Brazil
Volkswagen’s calls it the “largest product launch offensive ever” in its local history
Despite Volkswagen’s belief in the Brazilian market, Honda isn’t so convinced and says it will consolidate all vehicle production in its Itirapina plant. This will include converting a factory in the Brazilian city of Sumaré from vehicles to engines and parts, Reuters reports
Honda intended on its Itirapina plant helping it to double production capacity in Brazil in the midst of booming domestic production
a press officer confirmed that the downtrun in the country altered with these plans
When it launches, the VW T-Cross will use the company’s MQB platform, also used by the Polo. As such, the compact SUV will share some parts with the Polo and Seat Arona and act as a direct rival to the Nissan Juke and Peugeot 2008. It will slot below the T-Roc in Volkswagen’s range of SUVs
Sales of the T-Cross are tipped to start by the end of the year
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