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Negotiations regarding labour legislation are set to restart, while the CGTP trade union continues to refuse to participate in the talks.
This Tuesday, there is a meeting between the trade union centre, employers, and the Government, which is expected to be decisive. The UGT will only make a final decision on the labour package after the National Secretariat meeting takes place.
In front of the Ministry of Labour, Tiago Oliveira guaranteed that it is not the CGTP that is sidelining itself, but that it is being excluded from the negotiation process for the labour package.
The Ministry of Labour indicated that the Government showed willingness for a subsequent meeting with the CGTP.
The trade union confederation demonstrated outside the Ministry of Labour to demand participation in negotiations regarding the labour package. They entered the building but were not seated at the table with the other partners.
A CGTP delegation will head to the Ministry of Labour on Monday, at the scheduled time of the meeting between the Government, UGT, and the four business confederations, to “reaffirm proposals and solutions for labour legislation.”
A CGTP delegation will travel to the Ministry of Labour on Monday, at the scheduled time of the meeting between the Government, UGT, and the four business confederations, to 'reaffirm proposals and solutions for labour legislation'. A CGTP-IN delegation will present itself at the Ministry of Labour next Monday at 15:00 to reaffirm its proposals and solutions.
The Minister of Labour has summoned the UGT and the four business confederations for a meeting on Monday at 3:00 PM at the Ministry of Labour.
The Federation of Transport and Communications Trade Unions (Fectrans) today accused the Government of turning the public rail service “into a business handed over to private interests, financed by public coffers”, by subconcessioning the Cascais, Sintra/Azambuja, Sado and Porto sections.
