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The UGT will 'reaffirm the proposals' it has already made in negotiations for labour reform and has not ruled out participating in a potential general strike, its secretary-general said today on the sidelines of an event in Lisbon. 'We are not saying it is without changes. When dialogues and negotiations are established, it is to bring positions closer together, although it is certain...'
SINTAC has suspended the partial strike scheduled for April 24 to 30. The union warns that the negotiation process 'must be quick and produce results' or the strike will resume.
About 20 buses left the Union House in Campanhã this morning, heading towards Lisbon.
Salary disparities between employees performing the same duties and staff shortages are outstanding issues: the union states that some registry offices are operating with less than 75% of their staff.
What is at stake now is not reviewing the past, but coherently building the next movement
