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The meeting of the Social Concertation ended without a formal agreement, yet participants expressed optimism regarding future negotiations.
The CGTP trade union confederation is unable to take part in the Social Concertation meeting.
The Government, business leaders, and the UGT return to negotiations on the revision of labour legislation. On the sidelines of the proceedings, the CGTP demands a seat at the table and that the process be brought under the remit of the Social Concertation.
The Government knows that without an agreement in the social concertation, everything will be more difficult: passing the law in Parliament, getting the approval of President António José Seguro, and avoiding a new general strike. Editorial by Marta Moitinho Oliveira.
There is no agreement in the Social Concertation regarding the labour law reform. The Government returned to the negotiating table this Monday with business confederations and the UGT to try to reach an understanding, but it was not possible to reach a successful conclusion. Employer representatives confirm that the negotiation has ended, stressing that this...
The Government continues to refuse to set a timetable for revising the labour law. This Thursday it was the turn of the Minister of the Presidency, António Leitão Amaro, to note that the current moment 'is that of Social Concertation'. The Minister of Labour, Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho, has also said that she values dialogue with the ...
The Labour Minister said today she cannot “commit” to a deadline for taking amendments to the labour law to parliament, emphasising that everything will depend on the “dynamics” of the Social Concertation.
The Labour Minister said on Wednesday that the Government will not prolong the discussion on the new labour law within the Social Concertation forum, warning that, with or without an agreement there, it will submit the package to Parliament, where it expects to negotiate 'with all political forces'. 'We give Social Concertation the time it needs, but ...'
The plenary meeting of the social concertation may only take place after the second round of the elections, in February.
The Ministry says that 'some social partners' asked to postpone the Social Concertation meeting that was scheduled for next Wednesday due to the 'election period'. No new date has been set yet.
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PS parliamentary leader Eurico Brilhante Dias hopes the labour package will reach the Assembly of the Republic with an agreement reached in social concertation, accusing the Minister of Labour of 'political ineptitude' for throwing 'overboard' what had been a 'heritage of social stability and even some calm' in the relationship between the ...
