The sale of Embraer endangers 27,000 jobs, warns MPT

Rede Brasil Actual – The Ministry of Labor (MPT) fears that the sale of Embraer to the US Boeing Company will result in mbadive layoffs. The agency is talking about 27,000 jobs at risk. To avoid this scenario, he appealed to the Superior Court of Labor (TST). He asked him to reconsider the decision of the President, Minister Brito Pereira, who authorized the operation without consulting the National Security Council.

"The objective is to defend the jobs threatened by the repurchase of Embraer … the Union must verify if there is a guarantee of keeping the posts for the Brazilian workers," says the MPT, in a memo

from the Deputy Prosecutor General of MPT, Maria Aparecida Gurgel, signs the appeal. "If this is not the case, the Union must exercise the contractual right, called the privileged action, to guarantee the public interest and national security, even after the sale of Embraer, finally deciding to veto the veto, "he said. Although the ownership control of Embraer is private, the participation of the Union, even minority, includes this right of veto

Besides the jobs, the sale of the company represents, according to the TPM, a risk for issues of national sovereignty. "The technological and intellectual legacy of Embraer is threatened, with the unavailability of software and the loss of forged professionals in the business," said Maria Aparecida.

Embraer is a successful company with good results and high profitability. "The world's third-largest aircraft manufacturer, its market is consolidated and the world leader in 70- to 130-seat jet manufacturing, with 51% of the market in net orders accumulated since 2004, followed by Bombardier, its main competitor. with 24%, adds the MPT, qualifying the state as "jewel of the crown."

The MPT's appeal also aims to protect the economy of the city of São José dos Campos, in the interior of São Paulo land, which would be severely affected cutting jobs.For the Metallurgical Union of the region, the sale of the Embraer is a nation crime under the command of the government led by a government to issue the national heritage.

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