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Brazil subway workers halt strike
Union moves to temporarily halt transport strike that has caused chaos in Brazil's biggest city ahead of World Cup.
Brazil's metro union has decided to suspend a Sao Paulo subway workers' strike until Wednesday, the day before the opening match of Thursday's football World Cup.
Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo, reporting from Sao Paulo, said Monday night's unexpected decision to temporarily halt the five-day strike did not follow a breakthrough in talks between the metro union and the government, but could have occurred following pressure from Sao Paulo residents.
Elizondo said the union would meet again on Wednesday to decide whether the strike - which has created traffic chaos in Brazil's biggest city - would continue.
On Monday, Sao Paulo police clashed with striking subway workers who had continued to stay away from work despite a court declaring their strike to be illegal.
Riot police firing tear gas pushed about 100 striking workers out of a station.
"This is the way they negotiate, with tear gas and repression," Alexandre Roland, a union leader, told the AP news agency as he and others regrouped outside the station after confronting riot police.
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Brazil subway workers halt strike
Union moves to temporarily halt transport strike that has caused chaos in Brazil's biggest city ahead of World Cup.
Brazil's metro union has decided to suspend a Sao Paulo subway workers' strike until Wednesday, the day before the opening match of Thursday's football World Cup.
Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo, reporting from Sao Paulo, said Monday night's unexpected decision to temporarily halt the five-day strike did not follow a breakthrough in talks between the metro union and the government, but could have occurred following pressure from Sao Paulo residents.
Elizondo said the union would meet again on Wednesday to decide whether the strike - which has created traffic chaos in Brazil's biggest city - would continue.
On Monday, Sao Paulo police clashed with striking subway workers who had continued to stay away from work despite a court declaring their strike to be illegal.
Riot police firing tear gas pushed about 100 striking workers out of a station.
"This is the way they negotiate, with tear gas and repression," Alexandre Roland, a union leader, told the AP news agency as he and others regrouped outside the station after confronting riot police.
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