Postal Greve in Brasil

[000 0]

The post office is on strike again in Brasil , does any one have an idea on how the talks are going? My wife said yesterday that Globo said they had a talk on the 15th but nothing came from that talk, any one else have any info on this?? Its not in the news on any American web news such as CNN . MSN, Yahoo, or AOL.

[saradanielle 2]

The post office is on strike again in Brasil , does any one have an idea on how the talks are going? My wife said yesterday that Globo said they had a talk on the 15th but nothing came from that talk, any one else have any info on this?? Its not in the news on any American web news such as CNN . MSN, Yahoo, or AOL.

Unfortunately, I have no idea. It is pretty inconvenient though.

[000 0]

Yeah , Your case and my case was sent to the consulate yesterday and our interviews are only less than a month away.

[joeyjoey 1]

The post office is on strike again in Brasil , does any one have an idea on how the talks are going? My wife said yesterday that Globo said they had a talk on the 15th but nothing came from that talk, any one else have any info on this?? Its not in the news on any American web news such as CNN . MSN, Yahoo, or AOL.

From GLOBO.COM

17/07/2008 - 19h38 - Atualizado em 17/07/2008 - 21h17

Empresa formaliza proposta no TST para encerrar greve.

Representantes de funcionários se reuniram com ministro, mas não formalizaram proposta.

Paralisação da categoria completou 17 dias nesta quinta-feira.

Apenas a Empresa de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT) protocolou nesta quinta-feira (17) uma reposta à proposta apresentada pelo presidente do Tribunal Superior do Trabalho (TST), ministro Rider Nogueira de Brito, com o objetivo de suspender a greve. De acordo com a assessoria de imprensa do TST, não há uma data limite para os funcionários formalizarem a contraproposta, que já foi discutida com o ministro de manhã.

Segundo informações da assessoria de imprensa do TST, representantes dos funcionários estiveram reunidos com o ministro, que faz a intermediação das negociações, mas não apresentaram uma proposta formal. Até as 19h15, advogados dos funcionários ainda estavam reunidos com Brito.

Ainda segundo a assessoria, é importante que a proposta seja formalizada para que possa ser cobrada posteriormente pelas partes envolvidas.

No documento, a ECT propõe a retomada das negociações sobre o plano de cargos, carreiras e salários, além do pagamento de abono emergencial de 30% sobre o salário de cada trabalhador até setembro e o desconto no salário de grevistas de metade dos dias parados.

Negociação

Membro do comando de negociações da Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Empresas de Correios e Telégrafos e Similares (Fentect), José Gonçalves afirmou ao G1 que houve uma negociação na sede dos Correios, em Brasília, na quarta-feira (16). Ele disse que vários pontos discutidos com a direção dos Correios não foram incluídos na resposta formalizada pela empresa no TST.

“Nós estivemos no TST e entregamos em mãos nossa proposta para o ministro. Vamos formalizar até amanhã [sexta-feira (18)] no máximo. Já conversamos e colocamos todas as questões”, diz Gonçalves.

Os funcionários pedem o adicional de 30% sobre o salário base, além do cancelamento de descontos dos salários dos grevistas.

“Os pontos em relação ao que a empresa coloca é a incorporação do adicional de 30%. Em relação aos dias, pedimos que o desconto [do ponto dos grevistas] seja cancelado mediante nossa proposta de colocar o serviço em dia, inclusive para poder favorecer a população. Também pedimos a criação de um adicional para o pessoal que faz a triagem que não seria beneficiado”, diz.

[saradanielle 2]

Yeah , Your case and my case was sent to the consulate yesterday and our interviews are only less than a month away.

Well, they send the packages by DHL, as I am sure you know, and those will arrive - they are not affected by the mail strike. I emailed NVC asking about the info package that they send, and they said that all of the info can be accessed online at the embassy site (which is not actually that helpful since a lot of it does not apply to us, since we sent all of our documents to NVC previously), and that we do not need to actually bring the interview appointment letter with us to the interview.

So I don't think the mail strike will affect us too much, although it is still rather inconvenient.

[000 0]

I got her appointment letter yesterday in the mail so I am sending her that when I mail off the other stuff im sending her. I know that buying tickets in advance is a gamble but I did it anyway, Im not expecting any problems though. I am sending, 1 phone bill from Feb. that I didnt take to her in June, 50 pages of chat logs out of the 225 that I have been saving since April, copy of my passport bio page and the Brazil entry stamps, my birth certificate, her birth certificate, a copy of the I-864 with all the supporting documentation, the interview letter, and her plane tickets. I called Rio yesterday too because I sent them an email asking what she will need to bring and they sent me the same link that you got, that did not answer my questions at all. So I asked them since we have sent all those things into NVC what do we need to take and she said only the things on the list that we didnt send to NVC, such as the medical exam. Either way Im having my wife take everything anyway, her birth certificate, marriage certificate, notarized copies of her bio page from passport, her police reports, 2 pictures and my I 864. They also said that the postal strike wont affect the visa mailing process either so thats a good thing.

[saradanielle 2]

I got her appointment letter yesterday in the mail so I am sending her that when I mail off the other stuff im sending her. I know that buying tickets in advance is a gamble but I did it anyway, Im not expecting any problems though. I am sending, 1 phone bill from Feb. that I didnt take to her in June, 50 pages of chat logs out of the 225 that I have been saving since April, copy of my passport bio page and the Brazil entry stamps, my birth certificate, her birth certificate, a copy of the I-864 with all the supporting documentation, the interview letter, and her plane tickets. I called Rio yesterday too because I sent them an email asking what she will need to bring and they sent me the same link that you got, that did not answer my questions at all. So I asked them since we have sent all those things into NVC what do we need to take and she said only the things on the list that we didnt send to NVC, such as the medical exam. Either way Im having my wife take everything anyway, her birth certificate, marriage certificate, notarized copies of her bio page from passport, her police reports, 2 pictures and my I 864. They also said that the postal strike wont affect the visa mailing process either so thats a good thing.

Well, you sound prepared! I think that all about covers it, really. So, you are not going to the interview with your wife? I think it is a good idea to send absolutely everything - better to have it and not need it, etc. I am also bringing all original documents: birth certificates, marriage certificate, etc - only I don't think we are going to get new police certificates because we already had to get them twice. I will bring the copies that I made and hope that suffices. I have a lot of letters that we sent to each other before I moved to Brazil as well as a billion phone cards, all of which I kept. I am also going to bring copies of all of the forms (I-864 and DS-230). I have a co-sponsor, so I need copies of her documents, affidavits of support from family and friends who can testify to the validity of our relationship as well as photos of us together, our wedding album. Since I am living in Brazil (and have been for a year and a half), I am also taking as much evidence I can to show that I intend to return to the US with my husband and reestablish domicile there. It is going to be a lot of stuff.

Anyway, I hope you are sending the stuff to your wife via Fedex or DHL, so you can be sure it gets there... They will send the passports with the visas by SEDEX, so there should not be any problem with the mail.

[000 0]

It is too expensive for me to go with her to the interview, I just back from a trip there on June 22nd, and with her plane tickets to come here its just too much. I looked at the tickets for August from DC and it is about 2500-3500 dollars, I just cant do it. And yeah we are taking a copy of everything sent to nvc too. Better to have it then not to have it. But Im really not too worried about anything, I am nervous of course because it is our future in their hands but I am not expecting any problems

[LiszyandKenny 5]

From what I read today, the strike is over.

[saradanielle 2]

It is too expensive for me to go with her to the interview, I just back from a trip there on June 22nd, and with her plane tickets to come here its just too much. I looked at the tickets for August from DC and it is about 2500-3500 dollars, I just cant do it. And yeah we are taking a copy of everything sent to nvc too. Better to have it then not to have it. But Im really not too worried about anything, I am nervous of course because it is our future in their hands but I am not expecting any problems

I am sure you won't have any problems. Wow, plane tickets are really expensive. A couple of years ago, I got round trip tickets to São Paulo from NYC for $600.

I also heard the strike was over, but I have not confirmed it yet. I have to go to the post office after work today, so we will see then.

By the way, looks like our case packages arrived at the DHL facility in Brazil today, so I imagine they will be at the Consulate today or tomorrow...

Edited July 21, 2008 by saradanielle

[000 0]

I just got a email from DHL saying it was out for delivery

[saradanielle 2]

I just got a email from DHL saying it was out for delivery

The postal strike is over!

[bora bora 1]

It is too expensive for me to go with her to the interview, I just back from a trip there on June 22nd, and with her plane tickets to come here its just too much. I looked at the tickets for August from DC and it is about 2500-3500 dollars, I just cant do it. And yeah we are taking a copy of everything sent to nvc too. Better to have it then not to have it. But Im really not too worried about anything, I am nervous of course because it is our future in their hands but I am not expecting any problems

I am sure you won't have any problems. Wow, plane tickets are really expensive. A couple of years ago, I got round trip tickets to São Paulo from NYC for $600.

I also heard the strike was over, but I have not confirmed it yet. I have to go to the post office after work today, so we will see then.

By the way, looks like our case packages arrived at the DHL facility in Brazil today, so I imagine they will be at the Consulate today or tomorrow...

They sure are expensive! A travel agent here in the U.S. told me that the flights have basically doubled...

[000 0]

They have, when i first looked at flights last year I could go to Belem for 900 dollars, that was in August of last year. In Oct it was 1,450.00, December(which I understand) was 4,500.00 and in June it was 1735.00 but I booked my tickets 4 months in advance using a travel agency that fills space on the planes. At the begining of this month I looked at august and it was 2,500 starting off and the ones that were that cheap had huge layovers(one was 30 hours) the rest jumped from 2,500 to 3,500 and nothing inbetween, same thing for September. I feel bad because the best that I can do for my wife is to meet her at Miami, so her POE will be her alone and then the next day we fly to DC together.

Even the flights in the country have gone up a lot, GOL has a ton or promotions most of the time and TAM too but the promotions arent as good as they used to be. Once upon a time it was $R 450,00 roundtrip from Belem to Rio De Janeiro, now it is $USD890-950. Thank god I was able to use my points to get her Flight to Rio for only $USD14.00 because if not for that the interview would be very very very expensive and she would have had to wait a couple of months after to come here.

We did the math on the DR appointment and that came to $R800,00 alone( darn HPV VAccination), the hotel she will stay at for 1 night is $R135,00(which I had her at the Sheraton Resort for only $R 91,00 but we found out they were 40 Kilometers away from the consulate) and we plan to pay for the $R240,00 Express mail so just for the basic things it comes to $R1175,00 ($USD 743.67). Just way too much money in such a short period of time for me to even think about going there. I am giving her $R1500,00 and she will take $R450 and we are hoping that is enough to feed her and cover her taxis, she will only have $R775 left. She will be there for 1 week and will stay with her cousin but her cousin doesnt cook and they dont have a maid there yet because they just moved there so my wife will be eating out all the time she said, which I told her she better go buy some missim and not try to keep up with her rich cousin because we arent rich.

I want to go with my wife because I know she will feel more comfortable but I told her she has nothing to worry about and the CO wont eat her or anything, they are just people too. I just cant afford it right now

[saradanielle 2]

They have, when i first looked at flights last year I could go to Belem for 900 dollars, that was in August of last year. In Oct it was 1,450.00, December(which I understand) was 4,500.00 and in June it was 1735.00 but I booked my tickets 4 months in advance using a travel agency that fills space on the planes. At the begining of this month I looked at august and it was 2,500 starting off and the ones that were that cheap had huge layovers(one was 30 hours) the rest jumped from 2,500 to 3,500 and nothing inbetween, same thing for September. I feel bad because the best that I can do for my wife is to meet her at Miami, so her POE will be her alone and then the next day we fly to DC together.

Even the flights in the country have gone up a lot, GOL has a ton or promotions most of the time and TAM too but the promotions arent as good as they used to be. Once upon a time it was $R 450,00 roundtrip from Belem to Rio De Janeiro, now it is $USD890-950. Thank god I was able to use my points to get her Flight to Rio for only $USD14.00 because if not for that the interview would be very very very expensive and she would have had to wait a couple of months after to come here.

We did the math on the DR appointment and that came to $R800,00 alone( darn HPV VAccination), the hotel she will stay at for 1 night is $R135,00(which I had her at the Sheraton Resort for only $R 91,00 but we found out they were 40 Kilometers away from the consulate) and we plan to pay for the $R240,00 Express mail so just for the basic things it comes to $R1175,00 ($USD 743.67). Just way too much money in such a short period of time for me to even think about going there. I am giving her $R1500,00 and she will take $R450 and we are hoping that is enough to feed her and cover her taxis, she will only have $R775 left. She will be there for 1 week and will stay with her cousin but her cousin doesnt cook and they dont have a maid there yet because they just moved there so my wife will be eating out all the time she said, which I told her she better go buy some missim and not try to keep up with her rich cousin because we arent rich.

I want to go with my wife because I know she will feel more comfortable but I told her she has nothing to worry about and the CO wont eat her or anything, they are just people too. I just cant afford it right now

Wow, I can't believe how expensive flights are. I haven't started looking into flights for myself and my husband yet - I am going to wait until after we get the visa, but I am rather scared about the prices you quoted! Check out www.BACCTravel.com - they are a Brazilian travel agency based in NYC. They will book flights over the phone for you, though. I just looked up flights in October (JFK-GRU), round trip, for $702 + tax; flights from DC to GRU for about R$1000. Unfortunately, flights that originate in Brazil are more expensive - which doesn't really make any sense. You know, the owner of JetBlue airlines (which I love) is opening an airline in Brazil next year. Since they are a low cost airline, I think they will offer a great alternative to TAM and GOL which can be quite expensive indeed. That doesn't help us now, but I guess coming back to visit...

What is the R$240 express mail??

I am sure that your wife will be fine, especially with all of the supporting documents and proof of your relationship, etc. Is she staying at Hotel OK? I think there is another one over there; I have to research it and make a reservation still. I am so anxious to get this all over with...!