The workers, who fear a proposed overhaul of Brazil 's 1993 port regulations will lead to a loss of jobs and benefits, have agreed to continue talks but have not ruled out future strikes.
"We are going to keep the workers mobilized and evaluate a strike for March 26," Paulo Pereira da Silva, president of the umbrella union Forca Sindical, said in a statement on the union's Web site. He said a meeting with the port secretary would take place the morning of March 19.
The workers gave a taste of the damage they could inflict on Feb. 22, when a six-hour nationwide strike sent ship lineups soaring in the midst of a record soybean harvest. (Reuters)
