World Cup strike? Brazil deals with unhappy cops, subway workers

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Workers on Sao Paulo’s subway system will launch an open-ended strike June 5, the latest to hit Brazil in the run-up to the World Cup. The strike will raise fears of transport chaos in the Brazilian economic capital one week before it hosts the opening match. It will affect about 4.5 million daily passengers. On the other hand, Brazil has offered its federal police force a 15.8-percent raise in exchange for a promise not to strike during the World Cup, which kicks off on June 12. Police in the capital Brasilia have accepted the offer, which will now be put to a vote in each of Brazil’s 26 states in the coming days.

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