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The Civil Aviation Flight Personnel Union (SNPVAC) accuses easyJet of having replaced striking crew members during last week's general strike, violating labour legislation. They will file a complaint with the Labour Conditions Authority. "During the general strike on December 11, and after several attempts on our part ...

Thousands of people marched through the capital's streets in protest against the labour package. The main demonstration of the general strike day saw a strong presence of teachers.

Fixed-term contracts, outsourcing after layoffs, hour banks, dismissals for just cause. These are some of the issues that lead workers to strike today, December 11, the first general strike called by CGTP and UGT since 2013. The government has deemed this strike to be untimely and senseless. Follow it here...

Those proposing these labour measures use whips on the workers of their estates and force the women who clean their homes and provide food for their families to initiate the boys into the 'art' of making children without fathers.

On Thursday, December 11, a general strike took place. The INEM announced a halt and then backtracked. The courts did not back down. Transport services stopped. Thousands of workers wanted to work but could not — some were blocked by pickets, others faced physical impossibilities in reaching their workplaces. When the right to strike overrides the right to work, who decides? This is the theme of this week's Beyond the Headlines.

An insight into the preparations and discussions leading up to the general strike scheduled for tomorrow.

The workers' strike includes the days December 6, 7, and 8, December 11, the date of the general strike, and December 13, 14, and 15. From December 20, the strike will be continuous until January 5.

Around 210 workers remained after Dielmar was taken over by Valérius following an insolvency process. Of these, only 122 employees are left. Valérius is now proceeding with a collective redundancy.

Workers at the Autoeuropa Industrial Park in Palmela, Setúbal district, unanimously approved a motion on Tuesday in support of the general strike on December 11 during a plenary meeting attended by the secretaries-general of CGTP/IN and UGT. According to Daniel Bernardino, the coordinator of the Workers' Committees at the Industrial Park, the motion was approved by around ...

João Proença, former leader of UGT, criticises the undermining of collective bargaining and states that the project is “100% unbalanced” because it “threatens job security” and “increases precariousness.”
