Brazil Oil Workers Vote to End Strike

Faced with a government threat of mass dismissals, most of Brazil’s 50,000 oil workers voted Friday to end a 31-day strike of the state oil monopoly Petrobras.

A majority of 21 worker assemblies voted to follow the recommendation of the Oil Workers Federation to drop all of their demands and return to work.

The longest strike in Petrobras’ 32-year history began to unravel on Thursday, when the government threatened the strikers with dismissals.