Brazilian Labor Unions Stage Nationwide Strike Against Temer’s Agenda
- Buses, trains, and schools shut down, flights continue
- Protest comes as reform agenda reaches a critical stage
Riot police fire tear gas at demonstrators during a general strike in Sao Paulo on April 28, 2017.
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Millions of Brazilians were stranded without public transport and faced shuttered banks and schools on Friday as labor unions staged a nationwide strike against President Michel Temer’s reform agenda.
Groups of protesters clashed with police in Brazil’s major cities as buses, commuter trains and metro lines ground to a halt. Access roads to airports in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Brasilia were temporarily blocked by barricades and fires. But, barring some delays and cancellations, flights around the country continued to operate.