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The photo of a group of people praying at a gas station has turned into a viral in the social networks amid the supply crisis prompted by the truckers' strike. The image was made the Sunday before the end of the truckers' strike, at a gas station on Conselheiro Rosa e Silva Avenue, in the Tamarineira neighborhood, city of Recife. The group gathered to ask God for gasoline and all people belonged to a local church. According to one of the owners of the post, the people gathered that day to pray for the Brasil: "We met here to pray and more, more people beginning to arrive. We were praying for the strike to end fast and at least one tank truck would come in to meet our needs", said the owner. After the pray, the people continued the meeting with a worship and singing gospel musics.

Teachers: street protests and empty classrooms Two months ago the teachers of public schools of São Paulo stopped their activities claiming salary increase and career plan. After several negotiations between the teachers' sindicate and the Secretary of Education, both sides reached a consensus and signed an agreement on the salary increase and changes in the hiring regime and tenders for years to come. However, most teachers didn't joined the agreement. The vast majority of these professionals are members of political movements of left and are making opposition to the party that currently governs São Paulo. Ie, they are using the strike as a political weapon to damage the image of the State government and are ditching the commitment to education of young people. Currently they make riots every Friday on Avenida Paulista, disrupting traffic in the region and preventing the passage of pedestrians on the streets. Since the beginning of the strike, hundreds of th...

Accumulated garbage in the streets of Maua Have been for more than two weeks the stoppage of public officials responsible for garbage collection in the cities of the ABC region (Santo André, São Bernardo, São Caetano do Sul and Maua). They demand salary increase equivalent to the inflation of the last 12 months and fairer working conditions. The mayors of these cities do not want to give the increase and claim to have with a deficit budget. Because of this, the waste is already accumulating in the corners, the doors of the school, hospitals and restaurants, indirectly causing the appearance of animals (rats, scorpions, snakes), which generate diseases like leptospirosis (transmitted by water contaminated with rat urine ). A solution found by the residents was to burn the trash, but the main problem faced are the CO2 and sulfur launched into atmosphere far exceeding the target set by the UN.

Building of the Federal Court in São Paulo: closed by strike Every year, officials of the judiciary and the President of Brazil don't reach an agreement when it comes to salary increases. It is also common these officials require salary increase in election period, a period when it is forbidden by law to grant wage increases as it may be interpreted as vote buying for election. This mental game only hinders the compliance of the laws in the country, as delays the progress of legal proceedings and the granting of social benefits.