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The article reports that the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) considers discussions on the labor package by the General Confederation of Portuguese Workers (CGTP) to be beneficial. It highlights the PCP's positive stance on the CGTP engaging in dialogue regarding labor reforms, emphasizing the importance of such discussions for workers' rights and social dialogue in Portugal.
If the President of the Republic cannot manage it, no one else will. Seguro calls for an additional effort and all the protagonists have shown themselves to be available. And do the ministers have less power than people think?
The Secretary-General of the Socialist Party (PS), José Luís Carneiro, said today that it is the General Union of Workers (UGT) that Hugo Soares should ask to dialogue with, and not the PS, as he challenged them to do today.
Sérgio Monte, deputy secretary-general of the UGT, provides an update on the status of labour law negotiations within the social dialogue council.
Employer confederations concluded this Monday that there are no conditions for an agreement with the UGT and the Government. Positions remain far apart, regardless of further attempts. What does a disagreement in social dialogue imply? Negócios explains.
Parliamentary leader Hugo Soares said he wants to wait for a “final position, both from the Government and from the social partners”.
José Luís Carneiro, secretário-geral do Partido Socialista em Portugal, afirmou que quem deseja dialogar com a UGT (União Geral dos Trabalhadores) deve solicitar diretamente à própria UGT, não ao PS. Ele respondeu ao líder parlamentar do PSD, Hugo Soares, que desafiou o PS a pedir à UGT para retomar negociações sobre o pacote laboral. Carneiro criticou a tentativa de o PS intervir na relação entre o governo e os parceiros sociais, defendendo que o diálogo deve ser conduzido pela UGT. O debate ocorreu em meio a tensões sobre o andamento das negociações laborais e a falta de acordo na concertação social em Portugal.
The article reports that José Luís Carneiro, Secretary-General of the Portuguese Socialist Party (PS), criticized the Portuguese government for demonstrating a “lack of democratic humility” during recent social dialogue on labor legislation. Carneiro highlighted that the government failed to reach agreements with key social partners, including the UGT union, which he claims was due to the government's inflexibility. He expressed disappointment over the timing of negotiations, especially coinciding with the President's inauguration, and criticized the proposed labor reforms as particularly harmful to youth, women, and vulnerable workers. Carneiro called for the government to create conditions conducive to renewed dialogue with social partners.
On the day he signed an agreement with the UGT on public service matters, the prime minister vowed to work to reconcile positions in the review of labour law and denied a 'civilisational regression'.
The Minister of the Economy argues the labour package will only 'get off the ground' if it is agreed through social dialogue and stresses he hopes 'there is still room for an agreement in the social dialogue'. 'The so‑called labour package has to be agreed in social dialogue, otherwise it won't get off the ground,' Castro Almeida said, in ...
Rosário Palma Ramalho wants to know 'what the CGTP wants' ahead of Tuesday's protest. The social dialogue meeting will be scheduled 'shortly' after having been postponed at the request of some partners.
