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World watch

Published on
August 4, 2000
Last updated
May 27, 2015

Professors and administrative staff at the Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro have ended a 48-day strike over a 63 per cent pay claim. They accepted a 10 per cent bonus after the state governor promised to ask the legislature to integrate bonuses into basic salaries and to introduce index-linked pay rises.

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