Contract workers at a Brazilian Petrobas gas lot in Peru have scheduled a strike for December 20th, in hopes of securing higher wages. The workers for both Petrobas and Swedish company Skanska are asking for a 10% raise, but have said that they remain open to negotiations up until December 20th. Alex Martinez, the chair of the Skanska union, has said that they will negotiate until the last minute, because they recognize that a strike hurts everyone - the workers and the company. Petrobas has been vamping up production recently as Peru looks to become a net importer of natural gas and oil. It is rumored that Peru officials discovered a large deposit of oil in their Amazon earlier this month.
See "Workers threaten strike at Petrobas lot in Peru", Dana Ford, Reuters, November 17, 2009