Five thousand metal workers at the Bosch factory in Curitiba, Brazil on Tuesday continued the strike begun on Friday after receiving no new salary increase proposals from their employer.

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The plant is the biggest auto parts exporter in southern Brazil.


The metalworkers had on Friday rejected a proposed 11% increase (pay hike and 100% correction for inflation) effective from next April, plus a bonus of R$1,500 (US$684.93) payable 9 January. Instead, they voted to stop work in protest for 72 hours, awaiting a new offer from Bosch.


The 82,000 sq m factory makes diesel fuel injection systems for commercial vehicles.

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