PM punches protester during protest over Freight MP A truck driver was punched in the head by a military police officer and collapsed during a category protest in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo. Self-employed professionals are on strike to demand that the Senate vote on Provisional Measure (MP) 1,343, known as Freight MP, which changes the rules on the minimum floor for road freight transport. The confrontation took place this Tuesday morning (14), during the second day of the strike in Alemoa, the main access to the Port of Santos. A video recording the punch went viral on social media (see above). ?Click here to follow the g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. As reported by TV Tribuna, a Globo affiliate, the confusion began after a driver broke the strike, which sparked outrage among the strikers. MP for the minimum freight floor awaits vote in the Senate According to the Military Police, a stone was thrown at the vehicle that was continuing its journey. The act led to the intervention of the agents and ended with the truck driver being punched. His identity was not disclosed, and there is no information that he was responsible for throwing the stone. Truck driver is punched by PM and collapses during strike by Freight MP in Santos Reproduction/Social Networks g1 contacted the Union of Self-Employed Road Workers of Goods of Baixada Santista and Vale do Ribeira (Sindicam-Santos), the PM and the Public Security Secretariat of the State of São Paulo (SSP-SP). There was no response until the last update of this report. Freight MP and protests The Freight MP changes the rules on the minimum floor for road freight transport and increases the punishments for companies that fail to comply with the official table. The text has already been approved by the Chamber of Deputies, but will become invalid this Thursday (16) if it is not voted on by the Senate. The urgency for the definitive approval of the law motivated the mobilization of the category. In Baixada Santista, the strike reached its second day this Tuesday, following a national movement. Self-employed truck drivers were instructed by the unions not to accept new freight in the port region until the proposal is included on the voting agenda in Brasília. Truck driver is punched by PM and collapses during strike in Santos Reproduction/Social Media Reflections of the strike The main impact of the protest affects traffic, with queues of commercial vehicles and slowdowns on the highways of the Anchieta-Imigrantes System (SAI) towards the regulatory yards. Despite the concentration of protesters at the entrances since Monday (13), the Santos Port Authority (APS) reported that loading and unloading operations at the terminals are proceeding normally. Truck drivers carry out a strike at the Port of Santos Sindicam-Santos VIDEOS: g1 in 1 Minute Santos