In São Paulo, the gathering took place outside Petrobras headquarters. The march headed downtown. Among the exclamations one could hear `Stay, Dilma!´ in response to the opposition movement calling for the president‘s ouster.
Representative from the Unified Federation of Oil Workers (FUP) João Antonio de Moraes drew attention to how closely united demonstrators were: “Rural and urban workers are saying that stopping Petrobras means stopping Brazil.