The first company agreement of national coverage in the Brazilian metal industry was signed on April 16 by the metalworkers’ union (CNM), affiliated with the Unified Workers' Central (CUT), the most representative union. Valid for 2 years, this deal matches profit-sharing up (30 percent) as well as participation for 2,000 employees (all CUT members) working for ThyssenKrupp elevators in 9 States. This improvement “opens a bargaining window with other companies” at national level, CNM leader Paulo Cayres told Planet Labor.
In Brazil, so far, only bank and oil workers were covered by a national collective agreement. Things could change with the adoption, on April 16, of a national agreement in the metal industry. Signed by the national metalworkers’ federation (CNM) and ThyssenKrupp, the German company, the agreement matches profit-sharing and participation up by 49 percent for its workers (editor’s note: in sites where the CUT has a majority) in 9 States (1). In average, this leads to a 30-percent increase in
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