Brazil’s troubled World Cup 2014 preparations may take another blow as a construction workers’ union slammed safety conditions at WC venues and called for a nationwide strike, following two more lethal incidents on Saturday.
Both fatalities occurred at the Arena Amazonia stadium in the city of Manaus, the capital of the state of Amazonas, which is scheduled to host four group stage matches during next year’s event.
“A general strike would be ideal, to show the reality that nobody wants to see,” Amazonia Construction Union president, Cicero Custodio, is cited as saying by Globoesporte. “The government only shows the pretty part of the works and forgets who’s there making them happen. This Monday we will be there, demanding our rights as workers and exposing this reality.”
A construction worker, identified as 23-year-old Jose Antonio da Silva Nascimento, was found dead in a convention center inside the arena’s compound after suffering a heart attack.
Earlier on Saturday, another builder, Marcleudo de Melo Ferreira, had fallen 35 meters from the roof of the stadium after a cable snapped.

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