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Cold shower on the eve of the Carnival. More than 4,000 employees of the aircraft manufacturer Embraer, main flagship of the Brazilian industry, recently received a letter of dismissal. The reduction of about one-fifth of the workforce is motivated by the international financial crisis, but it did not fail to provoke the wrath of the unions, who immediately appealed to the political power in an attempt to force the company to back.

President Lula made part of its "indignation" according to the leader of the main trade union centre and will convene Frederico Fleury Curado, President of Embraer, for clarification. On the ground, the Steelworkers Union also protested before the company headquarters in São José dos Campos, about 100 kilometers from São Paulo, and plans to file an action for justice in the week.

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Period of turbulence

Embraer, which suffered its first losses in the third quarter of 2008 for more than ten years, is poised to pass through a long period of turbulence. Many customers have already asked for delivery reports, often higher than two years, according to the manufacturer. More serious still: no thinning is in sight, according to Curado, claiming "lack of visibility" to justify the wave of layoffs. Its sales forecast has been revised downward (5.5 billion, 13) less than the initial forecast, the number of deliveries to more reach than 242 units, against an original forecast of 270. On order book, he already began to melt, passing $ 21.6 billion last year to $ 20.9 billion. All variables that led Embraer to "adjust costs to the new reality of the market" and to reduce its investments.

However, this is not the taste of the Brazilian Government. Because even if the company was privatized 15 years ago, it still benefits from many loans at subsidised rate of the public Bank of development, including to finance exports (BNDES), and the Government considers retain a right of control over strategic decisions.