There will be no relief for commuters in Brazil’s biggest city when they get up and go to work on Monday morning.  Metro transit Workers in Sao Paulo took a vote and decided to stay on strike for another day, keeping the subway closed just four days before 2014 FIFA World Cup is to kick-off in the city.

This is despite an order from a labor court, which claimed the Workers had abused their powers and that the subway had acted in good faith.  The court ordered the Union to pay the equivalent of A$47,000 per day for the first four days of the strike, and A$238,000 per day from Monday.  Just a couple of hours after that ruling, the Workers chose to carry on.

The Union had initially demanded a 16.5 percent wage hike, and reduced that to 12.3 percent.  But the transit agency is offering only an 8.7 percent raise.  Earlier figures said the Union was looking for 10 percent, but hey, fog of war.

Most of the tourists who are coming to Brazil were expected to use the Sao Paulo Metro to go to Corinthians Arena on Thursday for the opening match of the World Cup.  Authorities want to resolve the strike to avoid another in a series of embarrassing incidents leading up to the tournaments, which is already plagued by delays, cost overruns, and civil unrest over the immense price tag.