2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike

2018 truck drivers' strike
2018 truck drivers' strike
	Line for refueling at a gas station in Brasília
Date	21 May 2018 – 1 June
Location	All Brazilian states and the Federal District
Caused by	Increases to the price of diesel fuel;
Goals	Reduction of the price of diesel fuel; Truckers' exemption from tolls (trucks with suspended axels); Enaction of the law 528 of 2015; Creation of a trucker regulation;
Methods	Strike action, roadblock
Status	Strike ended: Most demonstrations ended by June 1; Distribution of food, medicine, and fuel normalized after the strike;
Parties
	Truckers and oil workers; Confederação Nacional dos Transportadores Autônomos (CNTA); Associação Brasileira dos Caminhoneiros (Abcam); União Nacional dos Caminhoneiros do Brasil (Unicam);
	Truckers and oil workers; Confederação Nacional dos Transportadores Autônomos (CNTA); Associação Brasileira dos Caminhoneiros (Abcam); União Nacional dos Caminhoneiros do Brasil (Unicam);

The 2018 Brazil truck drivers' strike, also called the diesel crisis, was a strike of self-employed truck drivers that began on 21 May 2018.

The protesters demanded a decrease of the price of diesel, exemption from certain tolls, as well as a legal and tax reform related to truck driving. Oil prices increased in Brazil after a 2016 policy change that made oil prices float with international prices.

The nationwide paralysis of roads caused a shortage of food, medicines, and oil across Brazil, with long queues of vehicles to gas stations.